‘KU Gold’: a new yellow-fruit papaya cultivar in Thailand

Abstract KU Gold’ is a papaya cultivar with attractive yellow fruit and pale-yellow pulp during its immature stage. It can produce year-round sweet fruit containing a high amount of ascorbic acid during its ripe stage. It also has great potential as an ornamental plant due to its pale-yellow petioles and flowers.

摘要：‘KU Gold’为一款番木瓜品种，未成熟阶段的果实色泽鲜亮诱人，果肉呈奶黄色。该品种可全年产出甜度优异的成熟果实，且果实中抗坏血酸含量颇高。此外，因其奶黄色的叶柄与花朵，该品种具备极佳的观赏植物开发潜力。