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The prickly problem of interwoven lineages: hybridization processes in Cactaceae

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2022
Background: Hybridization in nature occurs in numerous botanical families. In particular, the Cactaceae family contains lots of genera in which hybridization is reported.
Xochitl Granados-Aguilar, Ulises Rosas, Antonio González-Rodríguez, Salvador Arias   +3 more
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Morphological variation in Opuntia jaliscana (Cactaceae)

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2017
The aim of this study was to describe morphological variations of Opuntia jaliscana in 5 wild populations in the state of Jalisco (Mexico). Populations were selected along an environmental aridity gradient, and 61 vegetative and reproductive characters ...
Edgar Noel López-Borja, Rosa de Lourdes Romo-Campos, Hilda Julieta Arreola-Nava, Alejandro Muñoz Urias, Sofía Loza-Cornejo   +4 more
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Influência da temperatura e luminosidade na germinação de sementes das espécies: Selenicereus setaceus, Hylocereus undatus e Hylocereus polyrhizus

Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias, 2019
A pitaia é uma frutífera tropical, pertencente à família Cactaceae, com elevado potencial produtivo, nutritivo, econômico e social para a agricultura familiar, sendo uma cultura ainda pouco conhecida e com escassas informações sobre as condições que ...
Rodrigo Ruths, Lisandro Tomas da Silva Bonome, Yasmin Tomazi, Diogo José Siqueira, Gabriela Silva Moura, Cláudia Simone Madruga Lima   +5 more
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Morphological characterization of the red dragon fruit - Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt – under growing conditions in the municipality of San Jerónimo (Antioquia, Colombia)

Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 2020
The red dragon fruit Selenicereus undatus is a native fruit from the Americas. Its growing appeal in the international market as an exotic fruit highlights the relevance of the crop for the local economies.
Jorge Andres Betancur G., Sandra Bibiana Muriel R., Elena Paola Gonzalez J.   +2 more
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Efeito da adubação e do uso de nematicida na composição química da palma forrageira (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) Fertilization and nematicide effects on the chemical composition of cactus forage cv. "Gigante"

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2004
O experimento foi realizado em casa de vegetação do Departamento de Zootecnia da UFRPE, com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito da adubação e de nematicida na composição da palma forrageira cv. gigante, com sintoma de amarelecimento. Para o plantio utilizaram-
Margareth Maria Teles, Mércia Virgínia Ferreira dos Santos, José Carlos Batista Dubeux Junior, Mário de Andrade Lira, Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira, Egídio Bezerra Neto, Iderval Farias   +6 more
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High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals New Viroid Species in Opuntia in Mexico

Viruses
In the main cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica)-producing region in the State of Mexico, fruit production occupies the largest cultivated area with 15,800 ha, while 900 ha are cultivated for edible young Opuntia pads (“nopalitos”) which are consumed as ...
Candelario Ortega-Acosta, Daniel L. Ochoa-Martínez, Esteban Rodríguez-Leyva   +2 more
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Further naturalised Cactaceae in northeastern Iberian Peninsula

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2006
During the floristic work carried out in 2004 in the Baix Camp region of Tarragona (NE Spain) we found four new species of alien naturalised Cactaceae. Of these, three are reported for the second time from Europe and the other is new to Catalonia region.
Mario Sanz-Elorza, Elías D. Dana Sánchez, Eduardo Sobrino Vesperinas   +2 more
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Correlaciones alométricas en Hylocereus costaricensis y H. monocanthus (pitahaya): una herramienta para cuantificar el crecimiento

Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2019
Introducción. La pitahaya es una planta que pertenece a la familia de las cactáceas, esta crece naturalmente en árboles o tutores muertos en zonas estacionalmente secas y posee una arquitectura variable en su crecimiento por ser una planta epífita y ...
Gabriel Garbanzo-León, Greddin Chavarría-Pérez, Edgar V. Vega-Villalobos   +2 more
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Structural stability of plant–pollinator interactions despite seasonal abundance of long‐tongued hawkmoths

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seasonal environmental cycles affect plant–pollinator interactions by altering plant phenology. Periods of low resource availability can filter pollinators and reduce the complexity of interaction networks, but the extent to which the functional morphology of pollinators influences such filtering remains unclear.
Ugo M. Diniz, Luis M. Primo, Francisco A. R. Santos, Isabel C. Machado   +3 more
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Mapping ethnobotanical aspects of the iconic Mandacaru cactus, Cereus jamacaru DC. in Brazil: a scientometric review [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Cereus jamacaru DC. occurs in the central-eastern region of Brazil and is among the best-known cacti in the country. Its phytochemical properties and fruits hold great significance to the local communities.
A. Bezerra-Silva, S. Albuquerque-Lima, A. C. A. Fagundes, M. T. D. Gomes, P. S. Santos-Neves, J. S. Costa, E. M. Costa-Neto, L. S. Funch   +7 more
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