Fruit characteristics during growth and ripening of different hylocereus genotypes

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 231-238

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c WALA HEILMITTEL GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Fruit analysis; Fruit chemistry; Fruit quality; Pitahaya; Pitaya

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; HYLOCEREUS; LEPTOCEREUS QUADRICOSTATUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 36549063703     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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