Passion fruit - Kaveri

• It is an F1 hybrid of passion fruit obtained by crossing purple and yellow varieties and is superior to both the parents for many plant and fruit attributes. The vines are very vigorous and exhibit tolerance to important pests and diseases. Kaveri produces ovoid to round, purple dotted, large size (80-90 g) fruits with 30-35 % juice which has 12% total sugars and about 3% acidity. Plants are tolerant to brown leaf spot, wilt, and collar rot, root-knot nematode and thrips. On an average 25 tonnes of fruits/ ha can be harvested.