Papaya Mason Hepner thisismyhappiness.com healthimpactnews.com
Crop History Native to Central America and northern S. America ● Now within Hawaii, Caribbean, Africa, India and others ● 3 Sexes: ● Male- No Fruit ○ Female- Small fruit unless pollination ○ Hermaphrodite- Self pollinated fruit ○ Many cultivars from red to yellow colored fruit. ● Hybrids also bred to resist PRV ●
Growing Conditions Tropical Fruit ● Highly temperature and frost sensitive ● Prefers sandy soil or soil with good ● www.clasf.in drainage Need a lot of nutrients within the soil ● for fruit Fruit grow all year ●
Market 4th most popular tropics fruit ● 80% of Hawaiian are Genetically ● altered Exported Globally (India is the top ● producer) $1.30/lb fresh and $4.57/lb dried ● Picked green or when starting to ● ripen Green variety used as a meat ● tenderizer Seeds are used in dressings ●
Sustainability? Genetic modification has saved Hawaiian and crop and allows easier ● shipment to U.S. market. Seeds are easy to germinate and require little space ● Trees are usually short lived and are constantly being replaced due to lack ● of fruit production Many use old plants for rope production and leaves for soap ● compare.buyhatke.com
californiaagriculture.ucanr.edu Pests/Treatment Papaya Ringspot Virus: Yellowing of veins on leaves and dark green ● circular marks on fruit that layer become grey. Impact growth and quality of fruit. Only known cure is through modification ○ Papaya Mosaic Virus: affects leaves and fruit. Dark green rings ● Anthracnose: brown spots with pink spores that soften fruit. ● Some Fungicides but killing the plant is only real option ○ Papaya Fruit Fly: lay eggs inside fruit and larvae eat seeds and interior and ● then leave to pupate into adults. www.forestryimages.org Chemical control and Predatory wasps ○
Works Cited Morton JF (1987). "Papaya". NewCROP, the New Crop Resource Online Program, Center for New Crops & Plant Products, Purdue University; from p. 336–346. In: Fruits of warm climates, JF Morton, Miami, FL. Retrieved 23 May 2015. Carica papaya was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 2:1036. 1753. GRIN(9 May 2011). " Carica papaya information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland:USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 10 December 2010. Boning, Charles R. (2006). Florida's Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines . Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. pp. 166–167 Papaya production statistics from Food And Agricultural Organization of United Nations: Economic And Social Department: The Statistical Division". UN Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. 2013. Gonsalves, D., S. Tripathi, J. B. Carr, and J. Y. Suzuki (2010). "Papaya ringspot virus". Hine, B.R.; Holtsmann, O.V.; Raabe, R.D. (July 1965). "Disease of papaya in Hawaii" (PDF). Mossler, M.A.; Crane, J. date= September 2002."Florida crop/pest management profile: papaya"(PDF). Ronald, Pamela and McWilliams, James (14 May 2010) Genetically Engineered Distortions The New York Times, accessed 1 October 2012 James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of Energy Crops. unpublished. https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Carica_papaya.html USDA from 2013 IRI Infoscan data; the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 26 (SR); and the 2009-2010 Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) as well as the FPED's accompanying Methodology and User Guide.
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