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Forage cactus-sorghum intercropping at different irrigation water depths in the Brazilian Semiarid Region [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2017
: The objective of this work was to evaluate the productive performance, biological efficiency, and the competitive ability of the forage cactus-sorghum intercropping under different irrigation depths with saline water in the Brazilian Semiarid Region ...
Wellington Jairo da Silva Diniz, Thieres George Freire da Silva, Jadna Mylena da Silva Ferreira, Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos, Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura, Gherman Garcia Leal de Araújo, Sérgio Zolnier   +6 more
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Cryptococcus gattii Can Use the Cactus Pilosocereus spp. to Grow and Develop a Capsule and Produce Melanin In Vitro

Microbiology Research, 2023
Cryptococcus gattii is a pathogenic yeast, member of the C. neoformans/gattii complex. Previous work from our laboratory has established the presence of C. gattii on cacti lesions, providing proof that it can grow in a stressful environment.
Paola Ramos-Irizarry, Bárbara Sánchez, Yaliz Loperena-Álvarez   +2 more
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Nutritional and mineral composition of Opuntia stricta Haw: Balance of macrominerals, renal function and blood metabolites in sheep [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of spineless cactus (Opuntia stricta Haw) in the diet of sheep on the balance of macrominerals, renal function, and blood metabolites.
M.P. Silva, F.F.R. Carvalho, Â.M.V. Batista, C.M. Araujo, P.C. Soares, A.P. Souza, B.D.O. Fernandes, S. Gonzaga Neto, R.G. Costa, A.N. Medeiros   +9 more
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Acid Hydrolysis of Pectin and Mucilage from Cactus (Opuntia ficus) for Identification and Quantification of Monosaccharides

Molecules, 2022
Pectin and mucilage are polysaccharides from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica, which are also known as hydrocolloids, with useful properties in industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, and construction, among others.
Vanessa Garfias Silva, María Soledad Cordova Aguilar, Gabriel Ascanio, Juan Pablo Aguayo, Karen Y. Pérez-Salas, Ana del Carmen Susunaga Notario   +5 more
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Two Observations of Predation on Lepidoptera [PDF]

, 2017
(excerpt) During the early afternoon of 25 August, 1977, a large European mantid, Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, was observed feeding on an adult male monarch butterfly, Donaus p.
Leeuw, Irwin
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Physicochemical Parameters, Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Properties of a New Beverage Formulated with Xique-Xique (Pilosocereus gounellei) Cladode Juice

Foods, 2021
This study elaborated different formulations with xique-xique (Pilosocereus gounellei) cladode, passion fruit and lime juice and sugar cane syrup. The formulated beverages were subjected to physical and physicochemical analysis, determination of total ...
Julia M. C. de Oliveira, Evandro L. de Souza, Kaíque Y. G. de Lima, Marcos dos S. Lima, Vanessa B. Viera, Rita de Cássia R. do E. Queiroga, Maria Elieidy G. de Oliveira   +6 more
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Bacteremia in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2014
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are a high risk population for bacteremia. Derangement in the mucosal architecture of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and frequent endoscopic interventions in immunocompromised individuals are considered ...
Amir Kashani, Morteza Chitsazan, Kendrick Che, Roger C. Garrison   +3 more
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Automated LASCO CME catalog for solar cycle 23: are CMEs scale invariant?

, 2008
In this paper we present the first automatically constructed LASCO CME catalog, a result of the application of the Computer Aided CME Tracking software (CACTus) on the LASCO archive during the interval September 1997 - January 2007.
Bemporad, Berghmans, Ciaravella, D. Berghmans, E. Robbrecht, Gopalswamy, Gopalswamy, Howard, Ko, R. A. M. Van der Linden, Riley, Sheeley, Vlahos, Vourlidas, Vourlidas, Wang, Yurchyshyn, Zhao, Özgüç   +18 more
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Cactus doodles

Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana
Abstract Cactus doodles are combinatorial/geometric objects that are related to cactus groups in the same way as knots are related to braids. We define them in terms of local moves on plane curves, show that they can be obtained from elements of the cactus group by a “closing” procedure and establish some of their basic properties.
Jacob Mostovoy, Andrea Rincón-Prat
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Marine subsidies produce cactus forests on desert islands

Scientific Reports, 2022
In island systems, nitrogen-rich seabird guano is a marine subsidy that can shape terrestrial plant communities. In zones of nutrient upwelling such as the Gulf of California, copious seabird guano is commonplace on bird islands.
Benjamin T. Wilder, Amanda T. Becker, David L. Dettman   +2 more
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