SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PAWPAW [ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL]

THESIS

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky

By Sheri B. Crabtree

Frankfort, Kentucky

Co-Directors: Dr. Robert Geneve, Professor of Horticulture and Dr. Kirk Pomper, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Horticulture

Lexington, Kentucky

2004