Papaya production
Papaya is a short-lived, fast-growing perennia tropical plant that produces delicious edible fruit. It bears early than any other fruit crop in less than a year. Gaining in popularity worldwide, papaya is now ranked fourth in India with 5639.3 thousand MT produced from 133400 hectares in 2014.
Papaya Varieties
In India, a large number of papaya varieties are cultivated. There are two basic types of varieties - ‘dioecious’ that produce separate female and male plants and ‘gynodioecious’ that produce female and hermaphrodite plants. IIHR, Bangalore has developed several Papaya varieties and hybrids namely Arka prabhat, Arka Surya,
Disease management
The Papaya plant prone to many diseases viz fungal, Bacterial and Viral diseases The major diseases affecting papaya crop are :
Stem rot
Damping off
Anthracnose
Powdery mildew
Phytophthora blight
Alternaria
Fruit spot
Black spot
Dryrot
Papaya leaf curl
Papaya ring spot
Pest management
It is important that Papaya Pest be recognized early in their development so that effective management strategies can be implemented. The important pests are Papaya mealybug
Whitefly
Aphid
Red Spider mite
Fruit fly
Grasshopper
Reniform nematode
Root knot nematode
