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Fifth International Pawpaw Conference

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KSU Pawpaw Program

The Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit has both fresh market and processing appeal, with a tropical like flavor that resembles a combination of banana, mango, and pineapple. Kentucky State University has the only full-time Pawpaw research program in the world as part of the KSU Land Grant Program. Pawpaw research efforts are directed at improving propagation methods, developing orchard management recommendations, conducting regional variety trials, understanding fruit ripening and storage techniques, and germplasm collection and characterization of genetic diversity.

KSU Clonal Germplasm Repository for Pawpaw

Kentucky State University serves as a Clonal Germplasm Repository for Pawpaw or gene bank, for Asimina species (Pawpaw). There are over 2,000 accessions (trees) from 17 states that are planted on 12 acres at the University's Harold R. Benson Resrarch and Demonstration Farm.

Kentucky State University researchers recently released their 3rd
Pawpaw cultivar, KSU-Chappell™