Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]

NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.

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Hylocereus undatus

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): pitahaya oregona
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): douglas
Number of Papers/Mentions: 3

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Lichtenzveig, J., S. Abbo, et al. (2000). Cytology and mating systems in the climbing cacti Hylocereus and Selenicereus. American Journal of Botany. [print] July 87(7): 1058-1065. {a} Department of Life Sciences, Institutes for Applied Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

Metz, C., A. Nerd, et al. (2000). Viability of pollen of two fruit crop cacti of the genus Hylocereus is affected by temperature and duration of storage. Hortscience . April 35(2): 199-201. {a} Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

Metz, C., A. Nerd, et al. (2000). Viability of pollen of two fruit crop cacti of the genus Hylocereus is affected by temperature and duration of storage. Hortscience . Feb. 35(1): 22-24. {a} Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

Herrera, M. L. G. and D. R. C. Martinez (1998). Pollen digestion by new world bats: Effects of processing time and feeding habits. Ecology Washington D C 79(8): 2828-2838. {a} Univ. Nac. Auton. Mex., Inst. Biol., Dep. Zool., A.P. 70-153, 04510 Mexico D.F., Mexico

Jacobs, D. (1998). Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus), a potential new crop for Australia. WANATCA Yearbook 22: 11-19. {a} Department of Agronomy, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Iwaizumi, R., M. Kumagai, et al. (1995). Plant quarantine significance of Pitaya, Hylocereus undatus as a host plant of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (HENDEL) and the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (COQUILLETT) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service Japan(31): 101-104. Yokohama Plant Protection Stn., Yokohama, Japan

Raveh, E., M. Gersani, et al. (1995). CO-2 uptake and fluorescence responses for a shade-tolerant cactus Hylocereus undatus under current and doubled CO-2 concentrations. Physiologia Plantarum 93(3): 505-511. {a} UCLA-DOE, Lab. Dep. Biol., Univ. Calif., Los Angeles, CA 90024-1786, USA

Nerd, A., J. A. Aronson, et al. (1994). Introduction and domestication of rare and wild fruit and nut trees for desert areas. WANATCA Yearbook 18: 42-53. Dep. Life Sci., Ben-Gurion Univ. Negev, PO Box 1025, Beer-Sheva 84110, Israel

Weiss, J., A. Nerd, et al. (1994). Flowering behavior and pollination requirements in climbing cacti with fruit crop potential. Hortscience 29(12): 1487-1492. {a} Dep. Life Sci., Ben-Gurion Univ. Negev, P.O. Box 1025, Beer Sheva 84110, Israel

Jorge, L. I. F. and V. D. O. Ferro (1989). Anatomical and phytochemical aspects of Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) Britton and Rose. Revista De Farmacia E Bioquimica Da Universidade De Sao Paulo 25(2): 123-136.

Salt, T. A., J. E. Tocker, et al. (1987). Dominance of DELTA-5-sterols in eight species of the Cactaceae. Phytochemistry 26(3): 731-734.

Index of botanical names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

Index of common names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

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