Pitahaya (<i>Hylocereus</i>spp.): a new fruit crop, a market with a future

Bellec, Fabrice Le; Vaillant, Fabrice; Imbert, Éric

doi:10.1051/fruits:2006021

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“…In Mexico, visitation of Hylocereus undatus fruits by bats resulted in significantly higher fruit set than did visitation by diurnal pollinators (Valiente-Banuet et al 2007). Although H. undatus is self-compatible, other species such as H. costaricensis (an important fruit crop in southern Mesoamerica) apparently rely on pollination by bats and sphingid moths (Weiss et al 1994;Le Bellec et al 2006). Nectarivorous bats, particularly the cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea) feed on the flowers of tree beans or petai (Parkia spp.)…”

Section: Nectarivorous Bats and Pollination Servicesmentioning

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Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Williams‐Guillén

Olimpi

Maas

et al. 2015

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats, leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current trends in land-use change suggest that agricultural areas will further expand, while production systems may either experience further intensification (particularly in developing nations) or become more environmentally friendly (especially in Europe). In this chapter, we review the existing literature

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Section: Nectarivorous Bats and Pollination Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Williams‐Guillén

Olimpi

Maas

et al. 2015

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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“…It is a member of the Cactaceae family, and native to the tropical forest regions of Mexico and Central and South America (Mizrahi et al, 1997). Pitaya is a recently cultivated fruit with important nutritional properties that has been commercialized and consumed in many parts of the world Wybraniec and Mizrahi, 2002;Bellec et al, 2006). H. undatus is a medium to large berry with red peel and green or red fleshy scales.…”

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Quality of pitaya fruit (Hylocereus undatus) as influenced by storage temperature and packaging

Freitas

Mitcham²

2013

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) is an exotic non-climacteric fruit that reaches its best eating quality when harvested ripe, decreasing thereafter during storage. Our objectives were to determine the best combination of storage temperature and use of perforated plastic bags to maintain the postharvest quality of the fruit. Fruits were stored at 5, 7, or 10 ºC with and without a perforated plastic bag for 20 days, followed by five days at 20 ºC without the bag for shelf-life determination. Storage at 5 ºC, followed by 7 ºC maintained better visual appearance of the pitaya fruit after 20 days, by reducing decay incidence and severity, and maintaining greener bracts compared with fruit stored at 10 ºC. Pitaya fruit stored at 5 ºC without a perforated plastic bag showed no decay after storage and shelf-life. In general, higher temperatures and the use of a perforated plastic bag increased decay incidence, as well as decay severity after storage and shelf-life conditions. At all temperatures, fruit stored in a perforated plastic bag had lower weight loss during storage. After shelf-life, weight loss was highest in fruit stored at higher temperatures. Storage of fruits at 5 ºC resulted in minor chilling injury symptoms in the outer flesh tissue, close to the peel. Storage at 5 ºC without a perforated plastic bag was the best condition to maintain the postharvest quality of the pitaya fruit.Keywords: chilling injury, decay, dragon fruit, pitahaya, weight loss IntroductionPitaya (Hylocereus undatus) is an exotic fruit also known as pitahaya, dragon fruit, strawberry pear, and thang. It is a member of the Cactaceae family, and native to the tropical forest regions of Mexico and Central and South America (Mizrahi et al., 1997). Pitaya is a recently cultivated fruit with important nutritional properties that has been commercialized and consumed in many parts of the world Wybraniec and Mizrahi, 2002;Bellec et al., 2006). H. undatus is a medium to large berry with red peel and green or red fleshy scales. The flesh is sweet and white with numerous tiny black seeds, and is consumed fresh or used for juice, jellies, marmalades, jams, wine, and beverages (Wybraniec and Mizrahi, 2002;Chuah et al., 2008).Pitaya is a non-climacteric fruit that reaches the best eating quality when harvested ripe, decreasing thereafter during storage Chien et al., 2007). Being a newly cultivated crop, there have been limited studies focused on extending the postharvest quality of the pitaya fruit To et al., 2002;Chien et al., 2007;Wall and Khan, 2008;Chutichudet and Chutichudet, 2011). Therefore, additional research-based information is needed to develop postharvest techniques that maintain fruit quality and increase fruit availability in the marketplace.The main postharvest problems of the pitaya fruit are mechanical injury, chilling injury, decay, and water loss Wall and Khan, 2008;Chandran, 2010). Mechanical injury leads to the development of sunken areas from increased water loss. This injury can be avoided by harvesting fruit at the approp...

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“…A pitaya vermelha [Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) Britton & Rose] é uma cactácea nativa da América Latina, provavelmente do México e Colômbia, sendo hoje amplamente distribuída por todo o mundo nas regiões tropicais e subtropicais (LE BELLEC et al, 2006). No Brasil, seu cultivo ainda é incipiente, existindo pequenas áreas de produção situadas principalmente no Estado de São Paulo, localizadas na região de Catanduva (BASTOS et al, 2006).…”

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