High summer temperatures inhibit flowering in vine pitaya crops (Hylocereus spp.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 343-350

  Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Sitrit, Yaron ^a   Kaushik, Ram Avtar ^a   Mizrahi, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environment; Flowering; Fruit; Hylocereus polyrhizus; Hylocereus undatus; Red pitaya

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; FLOWERING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; VINE;

CACTACEAE; HYLOCEREUS; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 0037032719     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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