A Review on New Approaches in Dragon Fruit Production, Nutraceutical Insights and Morphological Dynamics

Abstract

Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.)  is recently introduced amazing fruit in India, its cultivation gaining popularity because of its high nutritional value and antioxidant property. Recently, it drawn the much attention of the Indian consumers owing to its pleasant flavour, colour, with their attractive appearance, tremendous health and nutritional benefits. Dragon fruit extracts from stems, flowers, peels and pulps have beneficial biological properties against pathogenic microbes like bacteria, fungi and viruses as well as diseases like diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia and cancer. Now a days, Indian growers are much interested in its cultivation due to its promising yield, easy cultivation, great commercial potential, which increases the economical status of the farmers. The area under cultivation is insufficient to fulfill the requirement of peoples hence, there is a need to increase dragon fruit production in India. At present, a very few information is available on production aspects of dragon fruit this review papers is dealt with the knowledge regarding the botany, nutritional composition, uses, health benefits, species, cultivation aspects of dragon fruit based on recent updates of some of the research findings.