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La pitaya amarilla [Hylocereus megalanthus (Haw.) Britton et Rose] es una cactácea nativa de la región del Caribe de América del Sur. Es una fruta exótica de gran importancia económica en Colombia debido a que es el segundo país exportador en el mundo. A
Clara Quijano-Célis +2 more
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Plants as C3 and CAM react photosynthetically different but both can grow in the same agroecological zone in the tropics. Therefore we studied the behavior of stomatal opening in fruits and leaves of the purple passion fruit and fruits and cladodes of ...
Camilo Sánchez +2 more
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Evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of betalainic fruits and vegetables [PDF]
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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Fruit Development and Ripening in Yellow Pitaya [PDF]
Changes occurring during fruit ripening and duration of fruit development were studied in Selenicereus megalanthus (Scum. ex Vaupel) Moran (yellow pitaya), a climbing cactus grown in protected structures at three sites in the Israeli Negev desert. During ripening, peel color turned from green
Avinoam Nerd, Yosef Mizrahi
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Phenology, Canopy Composition, and Fruit Quality of Yellow Pitaya in Tropical Taiwan [PDF]
Yellow pitaya, Selenicereus megalanthus (Schum. ex. Vaupel) Moran, is a potential new fruit in Taiwan. It sprouts mostly in winter and flowers in late spring and fall. In this study, an average of 60% shoots within canopies flowered. Shoots sprouted in the current winter flowered in fall and produced winter fruits, and shoots sprouted earlier than the ...
Yi-Lu Jiang +4 more
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Background Elucidating the candidate genes and key metabolites responsible for pulp and peel coloration is essential for breeding pitaya fruit with new and improved appeal and high nutritional value.
Zhaoxi Zhou +5 more
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The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the preharvest application of forchlorfenuron (CPPU) and perforated polyethylene bag packaging (PPE) on maintaining the postharvest quality of red-fleshed cv.
Pai-Tsang Chang
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Neuronal imaging with ultrahigh dynamic range multiphoton microscopy [PDF]
Multiphoton microscopes are hampered by limited dynamic range, preventing weak sample features from being detected in the presence of strong features, or preventing the capture of unpredictable bursts in sample strength.
Davison, Ian G. +4 more
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Reproductive phenology of yellow pitaya in a high-altitude tropical region in Brazil
Pitaya species cultivation in Brazil is recent, and information on the production of the species Selenicereus megalanthus, known as yellow pitaya, is non-existent because research in the country has focused on the species Hylocereus undatus. The research was carried out with the objective of evaluating the reproductive phenology of the species S ...
Josimara Mendes Rabelo +5 more
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YELLOW PITAYA (HYLOCEREUS MEGALANTHUS) FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION FROM ECUADORIAN AMAZONIA
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the composition of methyl esters fatty acids (FAMEs) in yellow pitaya (Hylocereus megalanthus) seeds cultivated in the Palora, Ecuador Amazonian region.Methods: Yellow pitaya oil was obtained from yellow pitaya seeds using the Soxhlet technique.
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