Metaxenia in the vine cacti Hylocereus polyrhizus and Selenicereus spp.

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-472

  Mizrahi, Yosef ^a   Mouyal, Joseph ^a   Nerd, Avinoam ^a   Sitrit, Yaron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Fruit; Hylocereus polyrhizus; Hylocereus undatus; Metaxenia; Pitaya; Ripening; Selenicereus grandiflorus; Selenicereus megalanthus; Xenia

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

CACTACEAE; HYLOCEREUS; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; SELENICEREUS; SELENICEREUS GRANDIFLORUS; SELENICEREUS MEGALANTHUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; TIME;

CACTACEAE; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; POLLEN; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442696788     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch055     Document Type: Article

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