Wild papayas are dioecious, and the fruits borne on pistillate plants are small (less than 100 g) and seedy with very little edible flesh. Human selection for self-pollinating hermaphrodite muta-tions and larger fruit size has produced gyno-dioecious cultivars and genotypes that yield succulent fleshy fruits weighing as much as several kilograms.
The Papaya in Hawai’i - hortsci
2012年10月1日 · Papaya is a relatively recent introduction in Hawai’i. Its arrival is usually dated at ≈1820 and attributed to Don Francisco de Paula Marin, the Spanish adventurer turned horticulturist who was given land on O’ahu in payment for services rendered to Kamehameha I.
Hawaii Papaya Industry Association Papaya Choices - University …
Consumers can choose from a variety of Hawaii papayas. Some of the most popular varieties are: Kapoho Solo The pear-shaped, high-sugar Kapoho Solo papaya has a greenish-yellow skin that turns yellow as the fruit ripens. The deep yellow flesh has a pleasant, peach-melon taste.*
Most of the papaya is grown on the main island of Luzon which is under quaranti ne because of the severe impact of the destructive Papaya Ringspo t Virus (PRSV) disease. When a similar infestation appeared in Hawaii, the industry was saved though introduction of PRSV resistance into papayas through advanced GM technology.
Hawaii Papaya Industry Association "Rainbow Papaya" Story
The Rainbow papaya is an F-1 hybrid variety of papaya produced by crossing Hawaii's yellow-flesh Kapoho Solo variety with the red-flesh SunUp. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Hawaii had done research since 1984 to develop this Rainbow variety, which includes a gene that made the papaya plants resistant to the ringspot ...
PAPAYA – Common Varieties – TFNet - International Tropical …
2016年5月5日 · The world’s first transgenic papaya was SunUp, which was transformed with coat-protein mediated resistance to papaya ringspot virus disease. Rainbow is the first transgenic commercial variety developed in Hawaii from a cross between SunUp and the conventional cultivar Kapoho.
Papaya arrived in Hawaii in the early 1800s from the Marquesas, and botanist Don Francisco de Marin is credited with its introduction. The most important commercial papaya variety is the smaller pear-shaped ‘Solo’ type, introduced to Hawaii from the Caribbean in the early 1900’s.
Papaya - University of Kansas
There are two popular varieties of the papaya fruit: Hawaiian and Mexican. Both are pear-shaped, but the Hawaiian papaya tends to be smaller and easier to harvest while the Mexican can reach up to 15 in. The fruit has a thin, waxy skin that turns from green to yellow when ripened.
Papaya, also called papaw or pawpaw, is an edible melon-like fruit of a tropical softwood tree (Carica papaya) of the family Caricaceae. It is native to Central America and has spread to many other tropical and sub-tropical lands including India, the Philippines, and parts of Africa by way of early trade routes.
Hawaiian Papaya - Happy Fruits (Happy Group Pte Ltd)
Imported from Philippines. Hawaiian papaya is typically oval or pear-shaped and has a yellow, orange, or green skin that becomes soft and slightly wrinkled when the fruit is ripe. The flesh of the fruit is typically orange or pink and has a soft, slightly spongy texture. It has a sweet and slightly musky flavor. Hawaiian papaya is an excellent.