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Grafted Papayas:A Boon for Dioecious Papaya Industry


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1 School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India
2 Horticulture College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 631 003, India
3 Department of Fruit Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 631 003, India
 

Papaya (Carica papaya L.), regarded as the 'Wonder fruit of tropics and sub tropics', belongs to the family Caricaceae. The importance of papaya to agriculture and the world's economy is demonstrated by its wide distribution, substantial production in the tropical countries, besides its high nutritive value.
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Authors

S. Senthilkumar
School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India
N. Kumar
Horticulture College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 631 003, India
K. Soorianathasundaram
Department of Fruit Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 631 003, India
K. Arun Kumar
School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144 411, India

Abstract


Papaya (Carica papaya L.), regarded as the 'Wonder fruit of tropics and sub tropics', belongs to the family Caricaceae. The importance of papaya to agriculture and the world's economy is demonstrated by its wide distribution, substantial production in the tropical countries, besides its high nutritive value.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi8%2F1287-1288