@article{Ramnanan:258908,
      recid = {258908},
      author = {Ramnanan, N.},
      title = {An intensive and sustainable system for Barbadine  (Passiflora quadrangularis)},
      address = {1993-07-01},
      number = {1911-2017-1598},
      pages = {11},
      year = {1993},
      abstract = {A survey of barbadine cultivation in Trinidad revealed  that this crop was largely cultivated in a traditional  backyard manner despite the existence of a market for the  fresh fruit and processed barbadine products. Lack of sound  agronomic practices, poor marketing facilities and the  traditional trellis system employed by farmers are the main  factors hindering large scale commercialization of this  crop. A vertical trellis system which was compared to a  horizontal trellis system was evaluated over a period of  two years. A vertical system facilitates high density  planting (2,000 plants per hectare), intercropping, and  minimizes the drudgery of normal cultural practices, among  other advantages. A comparison of the production costs and  yield of the vertical versus the horizontal trellis system  supports the conclusion that the vertical system lends  itself to intensive and sustainable cultivation of  barbadine.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/258908},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.258908},
}