{"id":49,"date":"2018-08-11T20:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T20:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/crop\/horticulture-unit-3\/"},"modified":"2018-08-11T20:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T20:18:50","slug":"horticulture-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/horticulture-unit-3","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Horticulture unit is 15 ha research, demonstration and semi-commercial area located within Sokoine University of Agriculture Main campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>The Unit hosts a diversity of crops including Mango, Mangifera indica L.; tangerine, Citrus reticulata Blanco; lemon, Citrus limon (L.) Burman f.; sweet orange, Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. &ndash; Also breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis (Parkins.) Fosb.; avocado, Persea americana Miller.; governors&rsquo; plum, Flacourtia indica (Burman f.) Merr.; guava, Psidium guajava L.; grapefruit, Citrus paradisi Macfad.; soursop, Annona muricata L.; cherimoya, Annona cherimola Miller; pomelo, Citrus grandis (Burman) Merr.; star fruit, Averrhoa carambola L.; grapes, Vitis vinifera L.; passion fruit, Passiflora edulis f.s. flavicarpa; loquat, Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindley; kumquat, Fortunella margarita (Thunb.) Swingle; jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.; pawpaw, Carica papaya L.; and jew plum, Spondias cytherea Sonn occur.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Horticulture Unit facility 2\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Horticulture-Unit-facility-2-1500x1000.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, different vegetable crops are grown, including cucurbits such as cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. watermelon Citrillus lanatus (Thunb.) 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