Pollination and Fruit Set in the Yellow Passion Fruit

Abstract

The development on the use of the yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa Degener) for beverage, ice cream, sherbet, pastries, and other confectionaries has resulted in increased plantings of this crop in Hawaii. With this expansion, various cultural problems have been brought to the attention of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station by farmers growing this crop and by the processors of passion fruit juice. In the studies reported here factors which may limit fruit set, fruit production, and juice yield have been given special attention.