Pawpaw Information Web Site
Frankfort, Kentucky
Pawpaw Information Web Site
Frankfort, Kentucky
Pawpaw Program The KYSU Land Grant Program has the only full-time pawpaw research program in the world. Pawpaw research efforts are directed at improving seed and clonal propagation methods, developing orchard management recommendations, conducting regional variety trials, understanding fruit ripening processes, developing fruit storage techniques, and germplasm collection and characterization of genetic diversity. |
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Site links:
Table
of Contents, KYSU pawpaw research, Pawpaw
FAQ, Description of fruit,
Pawpaw recipes,
Nutritional information, Guide to growing, Cultivars, Where to buy, Photos, Audio & video, Bibliography, Links to other pawpaw sites, Report on the Pawpaw
Regional Variety Trials, Summary of International
conference, KYSU Pawpaw field day 2003, Ohio Pawpaw Festival 2003, Missouri Paw Paw Daze and Swap Meet, Position
available: Research Assistant,Kentucky Nut Growers Association |
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Since 1994, KYSU has served as the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR), or gene bank, for Asimina spp. (pawpaw), as a satellite site of the NCGR repository at Corvallis, OR. There are over 1,700 accessions (trees) from 16 states that are planted on 8 acres at the KSU farm. We are attempting to evaluate the genetic diversity contained in wild pawpaw populations across its native range so that unique material can be added to the KYSU repository collection; this potentially rich source of useful genetic traits will be used in breeding efforts. |
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This page was updated May 9, 2003.
Questions about pawpaws? Contact Dr. Kirk Pomper at:
kpomper@dcr.net or telephone # 502-597-5942
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