Myrtillocactus (cactaceae): Botanical, agronomic, physicochemical and chemical characteristics of fruits

Fruits

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Hernández López, David ^a   Vaillant, Fabrice ^b   Reynoso Camacho, Rosalia ^c   Guzman Maldonado, Salvador Horacio ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agronomic characters; Fruits; Mexico; Myrtillocactus; Pigments

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; MYRTILLOCACTUS; MYRTILLOCACTUS GEOMETRIZANS; MYRTILLOCACTUS SCHENCKII;

EID: 55049123183     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2008042     Document Type: Review

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