Pollination biology of the hemiepiphytic cactus Hylocereus undatus in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Valiente Banuet, A ^a   Santos Gally, R ^a   Arizmendi, M C ^b   Casas, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Fruit production; Hemiepiphytic cactus; Hylocereus undatus; Pollination biology; Tehuac n Cuicatl n Valley

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CACTUS; COST; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

APIS; APOIDEA; CACTACEAE; CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 33750196671     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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