{UAH} #PASSION_FRUIT_PRODUCTION_AND_MANAGEMENT_IN_UGANDA

Uganda has a wide collection of passion fruits which consist of local purple, local yellow, kawanda hybrid selections, sweet granadila, introduced purple, yellow hybrid and hard shell varieties. Present popular varieties are the local purple and the kawanda hybrid.
The local purple is highly preferred for local and export markers due to its purple fruits being rich in aroma and flavor. However, it has small fruits. Its also susceptible to magor passion fruit diseases. The local small purple variety does well in cool wet areas.
The local yellow is highly valiable but generally has vigorous vine growth, large fruits comparebly more acidic than the local purple and its appreciable resistant to root rot diseases. It is presently used as a rootstock on graft otherwise susceptible superior fruiting commercial varieties
The kawanda hybrid is a cross between mubende local yellow and yellow passion fruit. It has large purple fruits, with vigorous vine growth habit and its high yielding.There are several kawanda hybrid types however, four clones with district productivity trends and characteristics have been identified. It is recommenden to plant two different clones together in an orchard to aid in fruit set. Kawanda hybrid has a fair resistance to major diseases than the local purple variety. The kawanda hybrid is more suitable for lowland warm humid areas but will also grow and fruit in the cool well areas.
GROWTH REQUIREMENTS
The bimodal rainfall in most areas, constant temperature profile, and moderate relative humidity of uganda provides uniform fruit production throught the whole year. Local passion fruits are grown in many areas of uganda.Preferably, it does better in cooler areas and grows very well on slopes of rwenzori and elgon mountains. The local yellow and kawanda hybrid purple passion fruits grows better at altitude an warmer areas. They will grow in areas with un annual rainfall between 900-3750mm. Annual rainfall range
Light to heavy sandy loam soils are most suitable for passion fruits and a good drainage is essential to minimise the incidence of logging during heavy rains. The ideal soil PH should be near neutral i.e 6.5 – 7.5 

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