Fruit development and ripening in yellow pitaya

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 560-562

  Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cactus; Color; Gas evolution; Heat unit model; Selenicereus megalanthus; Soluble sugars; Starch

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; EPIPHYLLUM; SELENICEREUS; SELENICEREUS MEGALANTHUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 0031812702     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.4.560     Document Type: Article

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