ABSTRACT Pitaya or dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) is a popular fruit with rapid development in Taiwan growing from 900 to 2,800 ha over the last decade. New varieties created from species and genus were well conducted by growers and breeders in past decades. The quality of white flesh pitaya is...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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INTRODUCTION Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.), a herbaceous perennial climbing cactus, widely  known as Red Pitaya, has recently drawn much attention among the Indian growers, not only because of its attractive red or pink color and economic value as fruit, but also valued for its high...
Country: India Topic: Agriculture
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ABSTRACT Dragon fruit or pitaya is a nutritious and exotic fruit that has gained a place in Malaysian fruit industry even though it was not native to this country. Dragon fruit can be harvested all-year round and it bears fruits after one year of planting. Potential yield of dragon fruit is...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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ABSTRACT Dragon fruit, Hylocereus spp., is one of the introduced fruit crops in Indonesia. This plant became popular and cultivated since 2000. Red flesh dragon fruit variety is the most widely cultivated. Indonesia has two types of dragon fruit region based on flowering and fruiting seasons. The...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Overview
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ABSTRACT Dragon fruit is among the most nutritious and wonderful exotic fruits in the world.  Dragon fruit production is a profitable enterprise and a promising means of raising the income of farmers in the Philippines.  The continuously increasing land area planted to dragon fruit...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agriculture
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