Pre-production, production and post-harvest handling of carambola

Abstract

The document explains that the Carambola, an exotic fruit still unknown to a large portion of the world's population, has the necessary characteristics to become one of the alternative crops in the diversification plans of several countries in the Caribbean. The successful attempt to commercially produce carambola in the region and the acceptance by the ethnic and non-ethnic markets in the USA, Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong King, Singapore and the Middle East, have stimulated a great interest among potential producers. Continuously, the document is divided into three important aspects of Carambola production: Part 1: Generalities, Propagation and Nursery Management; Part 2: Planting and Post planting Care, and Part 3: Harvesting and Post-harvest Handling.