Pitahaya o fruta dragón

Pitaya (Dragonfruit) Growing in the Florida Home Landscape

Jonathan H. Crane and Carlos F. Balerdi

Pitaya (Dragon Fruit) (Hylocereus undatus) Pests and Beneficial Insects

Daniel Carrillo, Rita Duncan, and Jorge E. Peña

Stem and Fruit Canker of Dragon Fruit in South Florida

Cheng-Fang Hong, Shouan Zhang, Pamela Suellen Salvador Dutra, Romina Gazis, Jonathan H. Crane, and Jeff Wasielewski

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

Off-Season Pruning Effectively Reduces Dragon Fruit Canker

Shouan Zhang, Pamela Dutra, Romina Gazis, Jonathan Crane, and Jeff Wasielewski

This fact sheet, based on a recent publication by Dutra et al. (2025), presents evidence obtained from local commercial dragon fruit plantings, where off-season pruning was proven effective for dragon fruit canker (DFC) management. It aims to promote the adoption of this practice as a management strategy for DFC in south Florida and beyond. The target audience of this publication includes commercial producers, home gardeners, Extension agents, and industry.