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Gynodioecious variety of papaya is
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Gynodioecious variety of papaya is Pusa delicious.
Gynodioecious is dioecious but has some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant that bears mostly pistillate flowers.
Pusa delicious is a gynodioecious, high-yielding variety developed by sibmating the variety Ranchi. Plants are medium-sized with first fruiting at 80 cm height, 253 days after planting. Fruits weigh1 to 2 kg and have a distinct flavour and moderate keeping quality. The pulp is deep orange, 4 cm thick with 10 to 13°Brix TSS while the seed cavity is 14 × 8 cm. It yields about 41 kg/plant.
Gynodioecious is dioecious but has some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant that bears mostly pistillate flowers.
Pusa delicious is a gynodioecious, high-yielding variety developed by sibmating the variety Ranchi. Plants are medium-sized with first fruiting at 80 cm height, 253 days after planting. Fruits weigh1 to 2 kg and have a distinct flavour and moderate keeping quality. The pulp is deep orange, 4 cm thick with 10 to 13°Brix TSS while the seed cavity is 14 × 8 cm. It yields about 41 kg/plant.
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