Practical Manual No. 5: Annona species - Manual for extension workers and farmers

Download or read book Practical Manual No. 5: Annona species - Manual for extension workers and farmers written by and published by Crops for the Future. This book was released on 2006 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annonas. Why grow annona trees. What to grow annona trees. How to grow Annona. Selection of scions and rootstocks. Propagation. Nursery establishment. Field establishment. Field management. How to harvest annona trees. Pos-harvest handling and processing. Marketing. 1a. Nutritional value. Socio-economic value. Medicinal value. 1b. Where to grow Annona trees?. Climate requirements. Altitude. Soils. 2a. Selection. Characteristics. 2b. Parts of Annona used for propagation. Seeds. Mature trees. 3a. Propagation by seed. Stages in seed propagation for rootstocks. Seed treatment. Seeding medium. Sowing seed. 3b. Seedbed. New seedling. 4a. Vegetative propagation. Advantages of vegetative propagation. Equipment required. Rootstock collection and preparation. Scion collection and preparation. 4b. Inverted T-budding method. Splice-grafting method. 5a. Field establishment. Land preparation. Plant spacing. Time of planting. 5b. Pollination. Annona pests. Pruning. Weeding. Windbreaks. Irrigation. Fertiliser. Intercropping. 6a. Harvesting. Time to first harvest. Harvest point. Skin colour index. Picking fruit. 6b. Post-harvest handling and storage. 7a. Processing. Preparation of soursop pulp. 7b. Marketing and economics. Local market. International market. Income potential.