Pitahaya (Hylocereus spp.): A new fruit crop, a market with a future

Fruits

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-250

  Le Bellec, Fabrice ^a   Vaillant, Fabrice ^b   Imbert, Eric ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Botany; Chemical composition; European union; Hylocereus; Markets; Postharvest technology; Storage; Subtropical zones; Tropical zones

Indexed keywords

HYLOCEREUS; LEPTOCEREUS QUADRICOSTATUS;

EID: 33749564523     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2006021     Document Type: Review

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