百香果具有特殊风味和营养价值,国际市场对其果汁的需求较为迫切。目前百香果主要栽培地区为澳洲、巴西、夏威夷、太平洋的斐济群岛、肯亚、新几内亚、南非、哥伦比亚、委内瑞拉、台湾等。台湾现在栽培面积已达1139公顷,年产量1500吨左右,估计到1991年产量可增加至14,000吨。台湾园艺界近来对百香果的研究甚为重视,颜昌瑞、何婉芬等人对百香果的种质资源、开花授粉习性、性状遗传、育种方法等作了研究;林益升进行百香果颈腐病的研究。现将他们研究结果简报如下: Passion fruit has a special flavor and nutritional value, the international market for its juice more urgent needs. At present, the main cultivated areas of passion fruit are Australia, Brazil, Hawaii, the Fiji Islands in the Pacific, Kenya, New Guinea, South Africa, Colombia, Venezuela and Taiwan. Taiwan has now cultivated an area of ​​1139 hectares and has an annual output of about 1,500 tons. It is estimated that the production in 1991 will increase to 14,000 tons. Recent research in Taiwan’s gardening sector pays great attention to the research on passion fruit. Yanchang Rui and He Wanfen et al. Studied on the germplasm resources, flowering and pollination habits, inheritance of characters and breeding methods of passion fruit. Lin Yisheng studied on the fruit rot of passion fruit. Now the results of their briefing is as follows: