13 May Passion fruit cultivation in India
भारत में कृष्णा फल यानि पैशन फ्रुट की खेती की तकनीक। Passion fruit, a native of tropical America, is known for its exotic and unique flavor and aroma as well as for nutritional and medicinal properties. It is mainly grown in Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, Australia, South Africa, Kenya and Sri lanka. In India, passion fruit is cultivated in some of areas of Nilgiri hill region, Karnataka and north eastern states like Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. It is used primarily for fresh consumption and processed products like juice, squash, jams and jellies. It is also used as a flavouring agent in ice cream. It belongs to family Passifloraceae containing 12 genera and 550 species. The most important genus Passiflora has more than 400 species. The cultivation of purple and yellow passion fruit is common in most of the countries. In Australia hybrids between the two forms (yellow and purple) are exploited. Passion fruit is also known as granadilla. The most popular passion fruit cultivated for their edible fruits are purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims), yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa Deg.) and giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis L.). The cultivation of yellow passion fruit has been over shadowed by the purple passion fruit because of its fruit quality. In tropical regions of India, cultivation of...