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- Title
Pitaya Nutrition, Biology, and Biotechnology: A Review.
- Authors
Shah, Kamran; Chen, Jiayi; Chen, Jiaxuan; Qin, Yonghua
- Abstract
Pitaya (Hylocereus spp.) is a member of the cactus family that is native to Central and South America but is now cultivated throughout the sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. It is of great importance due to its nutritional, ornamental, coloring, medicinal, industrial, and high consumption values. In order to effectively utilize and develop the available genetic resources, it is necessary to appreciate and understand studies pertaining to the usage, origin, nutrition, diversity, evaluation, characterization, conservation, taxonomy, and systematics of the genus Hylocereus. Additionally, to gain a basic understanding of the biology of the plant, this review has also discussed how biotechnological tools, such as cell and tissue culture, micropropagation (i.e., somatic embryogenesis, organogenesis, somaclonal variation, mutagenesis, androgenesis, gynogenesis, and altered ploidy), virus-induced gene silencing, and molecular marker technology, have been used to enhance pitaya germplasm.
- Subjects
SOUTH America; SOMATIC embryogenesis; BIOLOGY; NUTRITION; GENE silencing; TISSUE culture; GERMPLASM
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 18, p13986
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms241813986