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Papaya: High Tech Tactics Enhance a Tropical Fruit
26834Papaya: High Tech Tactics Enhance a Tropical Fruithttp://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jan04/papaya0104.pdfResearchers in Hawaii are using micropropogation techniques and genetic studies to ensure that only productive plants are grown.BiologyMar 29, 2008
Plenty of information on planning and layout, planting, cultural management, pest management and varieties, with a fruit grower’s dictionary and calendar.
This UK scheme aims to provide commercial growers with planting material descended from proven, healthy, vigorous stock. It covers soft fruits and top fruits, hops and cobnuts.
These fruiting plants are semi-tropical annuals of the family Solanaceae and not closely related to the American huckleberry. Article on their cultivation.
Chemical analysis of foliage can help determine whether the plant is suffering from any nutrient deficiencies. West Virginia University Experimental Farm offers a service to do this.