Papaya Biology, Cultivation, Production and Uses

266 Index

Unfruitfulness (Continued)
water requirement, 137
weed control, 137
Unisexual flowers, 252

V

Va r ia nt , 2 52
Vermiculite, 252
Virus, 252
Vitamin, 252, 253
Viviparous, 253, 129–130; see also Physiological
disorders
Volunteer plant, 253

W

Watering, 195; see also Irrigation
Webwor m (Homolapalpia dalera), 104;
see also Pest

Weed, 253

objectionable, 249

Whiteflies (Trialeuroides variabilis), 100 –101;

see also Pest

Wild types, 253

Wilting, see Bacterial wilt

Wind velocity, 53–54

Wound healing activity, 179; see also

Medicinal uses

Y

Yield, 155; see also Fruit; Post-harvest

management

Z

Zone, 254