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Soil health and dragon fruit cultivation: Assessing the impact on soil organic carbon

Scientia Agropecuaria, 2023
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a crucial role in soil quality and nutrient availability. Agricultural practices, such as tillage and crop rotations, can affect SOC levels.
Saskia Guillen, Geoconda López, Paola Ormaza, Freddy Mesias, Ewa Błońska , Lizardo Reyna-Bowen   +5 more
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Antioxidant characterization of fruits of the Family Cactaceae: Hylocereus undatus, Selenicereus megalanthus, and Hylocereus polyrhizus

Food Science and Technology
In this study, the antioxidant capacity of the peel and pulp of three Pitaya species was investigated: Hylocereus undatus, Selenicereus megalanthus, and Hylocereus polyrhizus. The methods used include the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging method, the thiobarbituric acid reactivity assay (TBARS) for inhibition of lipid peroxidation,
Giovanna de Menezes ABREU, Greice Dotto SIMÕES, Taiciane Gonçalves da SILVA, Jordan Teixeira OLIVEIRA, Simone PIENIZ   +4 more
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Effect of light supplementation on pitaya productivity and quality during the off-season

Technology in Horticulture
Recent taxonomic updates confirm Selenicereus as a valid genus, replacing older nomenclature such as Cereus megalanthus, Mediocactus megalanthus, and Hylocereus. Despite pitaya's adaptability to hot and humid climates, flowering and fruit development are
Luíz Guilherme Malaquias da Silva, Carlos Alexandre Rocha da Costa, Giovanni Aleixo Batista, Katiúcia Alves Amorim, Danilo José Machado de Abreu, Luiz José Rodrigues, Leila Aparecida Salles Pio, Eduardo Valério de Barros Vilas Boas, Elisângela Elena Nunes Carvalho   +8 more
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Temperature in the seeds germination of pitaya genotypes

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
The optimum temperature for germination of cacti vary with the species. With this work, we aimed to evaluate the seeds germination of pitaya genotypes under different temperatures. The used genotypes were: Hylocereus undatus (PB), H.
Alessandro Borini Lone , Ronan Carlos Colombo , Vanessa Favetta , Lúcia Sadayo Assari Takahashi , Ricardo Tadeu Faria   +4 more
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Effect of the immersion in 1-MCP on the physicochemical and physiological properties of yellow pitahaya fruit (Selenicereus megalanthus How) with minimum processing

Acta Agronómica, 2011
<p>La pitahaya amarilla (<em>Selenicereus megalanthus </em>How) es una fruta exótica con gran potencial comercial. No obstante, sólo ha sido aprovechada comercialmente como fruta entera, sin procedimientos que le den valor agregado y ...
Segura Rojas Diego Fernando, Ayala Aponte Alfredo, Serna Cock Liliana   +2 more
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Physical, chemical and sensory changes of refrigerated yellow pitahaya treated preharvest with 1-MCP

Dyna, 2013
El efecto de la aplicación de soluciones acuosas de 0, 200 y 400 mg L de 1-metilciclopropeno (1-MCP) en pitahaya amarilla en precosecha (Selenicereus megalanthus Haw) fue evaluado.
Liliana Serna Cock, Laura Sofía Torres Valenzuela, Alfredo Ayala Aponte   +2 more
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Evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of betalainic fruits and vegetables

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2012
The present investigation determined total phenolics, ascorbic acid, betalain contents and the corresponding antioxidant capacities of betalain-bearing fruits and vegetables. In addition to differently coloured Swiss chard petioles (Beta vulgaris L. ssp.
F. Kugler, F. C. Stintzing, R. Carle
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Characterization of the phytopathogenic fungal community in yellow pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus) crops from Boyacá, Colombia

Acta Botanica Mexicana
Antecedentes y Objetivos: La pitahaya amarilla (Selenicereus megalanthus) es un cultivo frutal de alto valor en Colombia, pero es altamente susceptible a fitopatógenos fúngicos que afectan tallos, flores y frutos en desarrollo. Mejorar el conocimiento sobre la diversidad y caracterización de estos patógenos es fundamental para un diagnóstico preciso y ...
Julian Esteban Másmela-Mendoza, Luz Marina Lizarazo-Forero   +1 more
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Yellow Pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus Haw.) Growth and Ripening as Affected by Preharvest Elicitors (Salicylic Acid, Methyl Salicylate, Methyl Jasmonate, and Oxalic Acid): Enhancement of Yield, and Quality at Harvest

Horticulturae
Yellow pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus Haw.) is an exotic fruit with great potential for exportation in Ecuador. The research was carried out with the objective of evaluating the fruit growth and ripening as affected by four elicitors: salicylic acid (
Alex Estuardo Erazo-Lara, María Emma García-Pastor, Pedro Antonio Padilla-González, María Serrano, Daniel Valero   +4 more
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Pitaya as a New Alternative Crop for Iberian Peninsula: Biology and Edaphoclimatic Requirements. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Trindade AR, Paiva P, Lacerda V, Marques N, Neto L, Duarte A.   +5 more
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