Custard apple questions and answers
Horticulture
Custard Apple
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Botanical name? | Annona squamosa |
| 2 | Family ? | Annonaceae |
| 3 | Origin? | Tropical America and West India |
| 4 | Among Annonaceous fruit, custard Apple is most favourite in? | India |
| 6 | Cherimoya is considered to be best fruit of ? | Annonaceae family |
| 7 | Custard apple contains sugar? | 20% |
| 8 | Cherimoya is mostly restricted to? | Assam and hills of South India. |
| 9 | Most annonaceous fruits are acclimatized to? | Tropical climate. |
| 10 | Commonly used as a rootstock for most of the annonas? | Annona reticulata |
| 11 | Custard apple produce single crop in a year during August-October is South India and September-November in? | North India. |
| 12 | Custard Apple Excellent source of vitamin C and manganese. Also Good source of? | Thiamine and Vitamin B6 |
| Commonly propagated by? | Seeds | |
| Viability of seeds lasts through best seeds give best germination for? | 3-4 years | |
| 14 | Fruits mature in about days from anthesis? | 100 -120 |
| 15 | Maturity indices:- | |
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| Yield | 80- 100 fruits/ tree | |
| Main Pest :- | Mealy bugs | |
| Diseases:- | ||
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes | |
| Alternaria leaf spot | Alternaria alternata. | |
| Varieties | ||
| British Guinea | British Guinea | Barbados seedling |
| Kakarlapahad | Mahaboob nagar | Washinghton |
| Saharanpur | Purandhar (Pune) | |
| Hybrids Varieties | ||
| Arka sahan– less no. of seeds (10/100g wt), high brix-31°. It cross between Annona atemoya x Annona squamosa | ||
| African Pride– It is cross between cherimoya x Custard Apple. | ||
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