Comparison of morphological and chemical fruit traits from different pitaya genotypes (Hylocereus sp.) grown in Costa Rica

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Esquivel, Patricia ^a,b   Stintzing, Florian C ^a,b   Carle, Reinhold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

HYLOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 34548213564     PISSN: 16139216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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