![]() Significant differences were observed among storage methods and pawpaw varieties in germination rate, seedling emergence, and performance. Seedling emergence rates were also counted manually and analysed by using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), means were compared using the least significant difference at a 5% probability level. Data were collected by counting the number of germinated seeds manually from 4 – 16 days after sowing inside Petri dishes, emergence rate was also counted after seeds have been sown inside polythene bags and nursed for 12 weeks and the number of seeds germinated and seedling emergence was transformed into percentages. It was a 6 x 5 factorial experiment that consisted of 6 varieties of pawpaw Pink Solo, Green Solo, Ghana Solo, Sunrise Solo, Ajawa Local, and Berry likewise the 5 storage methods are desiccator, refrigerator, plastic container, aluminum foil paper, and earthen pot. The experiment was set up in the Crop and Soil Science Laboratory Department and Nursery Site of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (Oyo-State). This paper focused on the investigation of the best storage methods that aid germination, seedling emergence and seedling performance of six pawpaw varieties. The poor and delayed germination, rapid loss of viability in seeds due to the presence of sarcotesta, and condition of storage of seeds could be addressed through the storage in various containers. The tree, which is hard to transplant because of its wide root system, should be balled-and-burlapped and moved when it is less than 6 feet tall.Pawpaw is known as a fruit that contains nutrients and vitamins ranging from green ripe to over-ripe and unripe fruits of various varieties. The genus Asimina includes the only temperate members of this family. Because they are broader at the tip than at the base the leaves droop, giving pawpaw a "sleepy" or tropical appearance. Planting only one tree can help alleviate the problem, as lack of cross-pollination leads to production of less fruit. Its fruit and foliage produce a great deal of litter. Indians in Louisiana used the inner bark to weave a fiber cloth.Īlthough pawpaw is in great demand, it does have a disadvantage. Early North American settlers used the fruit to make jelly, and the tree's inner bark to string fish. The fruit, a favorite food of American Indians, was used to feed DeSoto's conquistadors. The first reference to pawpaw came in writings of Hernando DeSoto's expedition to the Mississippi Valley in 1541. Pawpaws contain more potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and sulfur than apples, grapes or peaches. It is an excellent source of vitamins A and C, and is high in unsaturated fats, proteins and carbohydrates. It also attracts the beautiful zebra swallowtail butterfly, giving added incentive for wildlife lovers to obtain the tree. The fruit attracts wildlife (especially raccoons, opossums, gray squirrels and birds). Fruit with orange flesh is considered the tastiest. Cross-pollination is needed to get good fruit set in pawpaw. On dormant stems, pointed buds are vegetative while flower buds are round and fuzzy. ![]() Extract from pawpaw can overcome the ability of some cancer cells to reject chemotherapy. An insecticide can be made from the tree's ground-up bark and twigs. There has been great demand for pawpaw recently, not only because of its appealing ornamental characteristics and tastyfruit, but also because of its potential as a source of organic insecticide and for use in cancer therapy.
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