Germination Trials in Passion Fruit Seeds (Passiflora edulis Sims)
Year: 1954
Type: article
Abstract: The Purple Passion fruit (Pal3siflora \nedulis, Sims) is extensively cdlLivated in \nAustralia, ~outh Africa, Kenya and elsewhere \nand is gradually assuming considerable \n(lommercial importance because its attractive \nyellow pulp, having a fine exotic flavour, \nfinds its greatest use as a flavouring in a \nnumber of fruit products like icings. drinks, \nsyrups, ice-cream, etc. and especially a." an \naddition to fruit s!1lads to add a piquant \nflavour and aroma. The extensive studies \nconducted on the nutritive value and utilization \nof this fruit at this Institute during \nthe last 3 years have given highly encouraging \nresults (11). Consequently the \narea under this fruit is steadily increasingly \nin South India. Unfortunately other aspects \nviz., the cultural aspects ef this fruit plant \nhave not hitherto received the attention \nthey deserve. Only Naik (8) has reported \nabout the encouraging performance of this \nplant at Coonoor. The study reported here \nwas undertaken at Mysore to elicit information \non some of the important aspects of \npassion fruit seed propagn,t,ion for future \nguidance of the planters in this part of the \n(Jountry, as nr, reliable information is avail· \nable on these aspect". Data are presented \non the rate and percent germinal ion of \nfreshly extracted seeds as well as one year \nold seeds stured in the la,boratory at room \ntemperature (24-30DC).
Source: CFTRI Institutional Repository
Authors: J. S. Pruthi, Girdhari Lal
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2271228037