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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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Diseases of dragon fruit (Hylocereus species): Etiology and current management options [PDF]

, 2021
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd More than seven billion people compete for food to survive. Agriculture has increased the production of staple crops, through plant breeding and biotechnology, in arable areas that are now becoming limited due to industrialization ...
Balendres, M. A., Bengoa, J. C.
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Complete novel review on Selenicereus undatus

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
Hylocereus undatus is characteristically the most cultivate vine cactus belonging to the family of Cactaceae, originating natively from Mexico and America. Commonly, it is well acknowledged under the name of “dragon fruit” Or “pitaya”. It is also called ‘buahnaga’ in Malaysia gives the meaning of dragon fruit.
Sunitha N, Yamini B, Madhuri M, Rakesh R, Bhavani R, Nagajyothi Y, Thangabalan B   +6 more
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Efecto de las Formas de Nitrógeno en el Desarrollo Vegetativo de Tres Especies de Pitahaya

Terra Latinoamericana
El cultivo de pitahaya ha ganado popularidad a nivel mundial por su alta rentabilidad, también por el aspecto exótico del fruto y por sus propiedades nutritivas.
Angélica Sierra-Balbuena, Yolanda Leticia Fernández-Pavía, Manuel Sandoval-Villa, Alfonso Muratalla-Lua, José Luis García-Cué   +4 more
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Low‐ and High‐Temperature Tolerance and Acclimation for Chlorenchyma versus Meristem of the Cultivated Cacti Nopalea cochenillifera, Opuntia robusta, and Selenicereus megalanthus

Journal of Botany, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
Dividing meristematic cells are thought to be more sensitive to extreme temperatures compared to other tissues, such as chlorenchyma. This was examined for low and high temperatures for three widely cultivated cacti: Nopalea cochenillifera, Opuntia robusta, and Selenicereus megalanthus.
Brian R. Zutta, Park S. Nobel, Alenoush M. Aramians, Arineh Sahaghian, Kang Chong   +4 more
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Betalain synthesis in alfalfa impacts fiber digestion and enteric methane production

Crop Science, Volume 66, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Abstract Betalain pigments, betacyanins, and betaxanthins are widely used as coloring agents as well as in pharmaceutical and functional foods. However, significant betacyanin production occurs in only a few species of plants, which limits their wider application.
Deborah J. Heuschele, Jason Nimpoeno, Shaun J. Curtin, Deborah A. Samac   +3 more
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Tolerance of two pitaya species to post-emergence herbicides

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura
Pitaya production has been expanding in several regions of Brazil despite the lack of technical information on plant management. To obtain good crop productivity, weed control is essential; however, the use of herbicides can cause phytotoxicity and ...
Pedro Maranha Peche, Guilherme Antônio Vieira de Andrade, Leila Aparecida Salles Pio, Maíra Ferreira de Melo Rossi, Ana Claudia Costa Baratti, Adenilson Henrique Gonçalves, Nazaro Cavalcante Bandeira Neto, Christiane Augusta Diniz Melo   +7 more
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Pitaia: perspetivas e dificuldades de uma “nova” cultura [PDF]

, 2019
No Algarve, onde existem condições edafoclimáticas favoráveis ao cultivo de algumas espécies frutícolas exóticas, oriundas de climas tropicais ou subtropicais, surge o interesse no cultivo da pitaia.
Duarte, Amilcar, Paiva, Paulo, Reis, Adélia, Sabbo, Luís, Tindade, Ana, Trindade, Diamantino   +5 more
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Pest categorisation of Coccus viridis

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Coccus viridis (Hemiptera: Coccidae), the green coffee scale, for the territory of the European Union (EU), following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum from Uganda, in which C. viridis was identified as a pest of possible concern to the EU.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Antigoni Akrivou, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra   +27 more
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Manual cross-pollination on the profitability of a pitaya orchard with self-compatible and self-incompatible species

Revista Agrogeoambiental
The high dependence on cross-pollination in self-incompatible pitaya species causes low productivity. The objective, with the accomplishment of this work, was to compare the profitability of the pitaya orchard with the management of manual cross ...
Deilson de Almeida Alves, Maria do Céu Monteiro Cruz, Enilson de Barros Silva, Cíntia Gonçalves Sena, Núbia Cassiana Santos, João Esdras Lima, Vitória Aparecida Porto Lima   +6 more
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