Table 1.

Coloration parameters of pitaya fruit at different developmental stages.

Tissue	Color Items	Harvest Date
		19 DPA	21 DPA	23 DPA	25 DPA	26 DPA	27 DPA	29 DPA
Peel	L*	47.91 ± 2.89	47.73 ± 2.36	43.30 ± 1.08	42.98 ± 1.47	43.24 ± 1.13	45.19 ± 0.24	37.69 ± 0.92
	a*	−14.42 ± 0.49	−15.33 ± 0.31	−14.81 ± 0.31	−13.78 ± 0.36	−9.26 ± 0.42	−4.46 ± 4.47	21.15 ± 3.19
	b*	22.36 ± 1.11	25.00 ± 1.12	22.34 ± 0.62	21.16 ± 0.98	21.33 ± 0.96	21.12 ± 0.89	10.38 ± 0.60
	C*	26.60 ± 1.20	29.33 ± 1.11	26.80 ± 0.67	25.25 ± 0.96	23.44 ± 1.02	22.45 ± 1.92	23.64 ± 2.94
	h°	122.86 ± 0.42	121.55 ± 0.68	123.55 ± 0.33	123.11 ± 0.42	115.66 ± 1.03	100.04 ± 11.19	26.83 ± 3.27
Pulp	L*	78.25 ± 1.26	67.69 ± 0.84	66.54 ± 3.21	66.10 ± 1.04	51.32 ± 1.65	38.24 ± 0.43	32.64 ± 0.84
	a*	2.15 ± 0.44	2.38 ± 0.23	0.53 ± 0.87	−0.21 ± 0.96	14.38 ± 0.33	29.18 ± 0.68	27.41 ± 0.97
	b*	15.18 ± 1.16	10.32 ± 4.05	6.88 ± 2.94	4.40 ± 0.12	−6.43 ± 0.14	−3.22 ± 0.60	0.60 ± 0.52
	C*	15.35 ± 1.09	10.66 ± 3.96	6.96 ± 2.30	4.41 ± 0.12	16.68 ± 0.32	29.37 ± 0.73	27.42 ± 0.97
	h°	81.65 ± 2.14	73.91 ± 4.47	89.87 ± 5.04	92.82 ± 1.34	53.64 ± 2.15	6.26 ± 1.03	1.82 ± 0.44