A complete collection of the origin and varieties of passion fruit

Passion fruit is becoming more and more popular in our lives. Many farmers have never eaten this kind of fruit before. In recent years, in order to meet the needs of consumers, more and more varieties of passion fruit have been planted. The taste and quality of different varieties of passion fruit are also different, so what are the main producing areas and varieties of passion fruit? Let's go and have a look next.

1. Purple fragrant passion fruit

Zixiang passion fruit is an excellent variety selected on the basis of grafted seedlings of Tainong No.1. Its growth characteristics are very similar to those of Tainong and are mainly produced in Guangxi. But the quality is better than that of Tainong. Its fruit is oval and purplish red, but it has strong adaptability and can be cultivated in the environment of 8-18 ℃. This variety has relatively few passion fruit diseases and insect pests, good orchard management and low control cost. Zixiang No. 1 is mostly cuttage seedlings, which has high possibility of carrying virus and high commodity and stability.

2. Tainong No.1

Tainong No. 1 is a hybrid variety with purple fruit as female parent and yellow fruit as male parent. it is mainly produced in Taiwan and has the characteristics of strong tree growth, moisture tolerance and disease resistance. Its fruit is spherical in shape, its face is bright red, the fruit juice is thick yellow, the pericarp is smooth and fragrant. The flowering period of this variety is usually from March to November, it has self-compatibility and can reproduce asexually. At present, it is mainly planted in Southeast Asia, but Tainong No. 1 variety passionfruit is easy to be infected with virus disease.

3. Golden passion fruit

Golden passion fruit is the "aristocratic fruit" of passion fruit varieties, and it has many flavors, including guava, litchi, Jinba and so on. When it is ripe, the pericarp is bright yellow, there are many star spots on the fruit surface, and the fruit juice content is very high. However, the stress resistance of this variety of passion fruit is weak, and in serious cases, it will affect the fruit setting rate of fruit trees, resulting in low yield in the orchard. Golden passion fruit has high requirements on the planting environment. It may cause etiolation and virus disease without paying attention, so it is necessary for growers to do more field management to reduce the occurrence of diseases.

4. Passion fruit with stars all over the sky

This variety of passion fruit is covered with white spots and is improved and cultivated by Taiwan after it was introduced from Indonesia. Its fruit is large and oblong, its face is purplish red, the pulp is sweet but not sour, the sugar content is high, and it is very good-looking in appearance. This variety of passion fruit has strong adaptability and resistance, but the full star passion fruit should pay attention to the management of water and fertilizer and pay attention to the prevention and control of green spot disease. there is a greater improvement in the quality of full star passion fruit.

To sum up, this is the end of the introduction on the origin and varieties of passion fruit. If you want to plant high-quality passion fruit, the above varieties are high-yield and high-quality varieties. I hope they can help you.

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