Kentucky State University has the only full-time pawpaw research program in the world as part of the KSU Land Grant Program. We spoke with Sheri Crabtree, Horticulture Research and Extension Associate, and Dr. Kirk Pomper, Director of Land Grant Programs/Professor - Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, who gave us a tour of the impressive pawpaw orchard and talked about the many things the program accomplishes including improving propagation methods, developing orchard management recommendations, conducting regional variety trials, understanding fruit ripening and storage techniques, and germplasm collection and characterization of genetic diversity. Check out the videos below!















