Pseudo-xenic effect of allied Annona spp. pollen on cv. 'Arka Sahan’ atemoya.

[Radoslav]

Worth to read  study about effect of different pollens to fruit quality of 'Arka Sahan' annona hybrid. 'Arka Sahan' is a cross of  'Mammoth’ atemoya x  'Island Gem’ annona squamosa, selected by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/42/7/1534.full

[Seanny]

Good reading!

[FruitFool]

Thanks, for sharing! Its a good read.

Learned that sugar apple pollen works great for Arka Sahan.
On the forum somewhere there was mention that the Dream atemoya in Florida is actually arka sahan.
If this is true, this is good information for anyone growing Dream/Arka Sahan.

-FruitFool

[Seanny]

Sugar apple flower is 5.8x more potent than atemoya flower.
I have 6 atemoya tree and no sugar apple tree. 

[Guanabanus]

The difference is probably all due to freshness:  most atemoya pollen is produced in the early evening, before sundown.  Most sugar-apple pollen is produced around sunrise.  Most experiment station work is done during business hours.