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Opuntia spp. Prickly Pear Cactus

open access: yesEDIS, 2007
This document provides a detailed overview of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia spp.), a plant native to the southern United States, including Florida. It describes the plant’s physical characteristics, such as its height, spread, and distinctive plate ...
Edward Gilman
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CARACTERIZACIÓN ISOENZIMÁTICA DE CULTIVARES DE NOPAL (Opuntia spp.)/Isoenzyme characterization of nopal cultivars (Opuntia spp.)

open access: yesEcosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2016
En nopal (Opuntia spp.) como en muchos géneros, los problemas de clasicación taxonómica son frecuentes, esto complica la identicación correcta de cultivares. Este estudio se realizó con la nalidad de detectar polimorsmo en nueve cultivares de nopal
Arnoldo Flores-Hernandez   +7 more
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Opuntia spp. as Alternative Fodder for Sustainable Livestock Production. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel), 2022
During the past decades, livestock production has increased significantly, which has led to the degradation of rangelands due to overgrazing. The lack of water in several arid areas has led to a decline in crop and animal husbandry. As a consequence, the demand for drought-resistant crops has increased significantly so as to keep crop and animal ...
Pastorelli G   +3 more
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Silage of Prickly Pears (Opuntia spp.) Juice By-Products. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel), 2020
Cactus pear cladodes are used as forage in the most arid regions. In Italy, the human consumption of prickly pear fruits and juice is gradually increasing for their numerous health benefits. In manufacturing plants that produce prickly pear juice, several by-products (prickly pear by-products PPB) are obtained.
Vastolo A   +4 more
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Opuntia spp.: Characterization and Benefits in Chronic Diseases. [PDF]

open access: yesOxid Med Cell Longev, 2017
Opuntia species have been used for centuries as food resources and in traditional folk medicine for their nutritional properties and their benefit in chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. These plants are largely distributed in America, Africa, and the Mediterranean basin. Opuntia spp.
Del Socorro Santos Díaz M   +4 more
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Opuntia Fiber and Its Potential to Obtain Sustainable Materials in the Composites Field: A Review

open access: yesJournal of Natural Fibers, 2022
Opuntia spp. is a plant widely distributed in the world that has traditionally been used in the food sector. Alternatively to the conventional uses of this plant, this work gives an overview of current knowledge about Opuntia fiber, focusing on several ...
Jessica Castellano   +2 more
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Challenges Inherent in Controlling Prickly Pear Species; a Global Review of the Properties of Opuntia stricta, Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia monacantha

open access: yesPlants, 2022
Opuntia species (prickly pear) were deliberately introduced to many countries around the world for fruit, cochineal dye production, living fencing or as ornamentals.
Talia Humphries   +2 more
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An Optimized Protein Extraction Method for Gel-Free Proteomic Analysis of Opuntia Ficus-Indica

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Opuntia spp. is an economically important vegetable crop with high stress-tolerance and health benefits. However, proteomic analysis of the plant has been difficult due to the composition of its succulent cladodes; the abundant polysaccharides interfere ...
Akiko Hashiguchi   +3 more
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Effects of the methanolic extracts of six cactus pear species (Opuntia spp.) on tissue browning and endophytic bacteria of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

open access: yesAfrican and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia, 2022
Organogenesis is the in vitro regeneration technique used in Morocco for rapid and large-scale propagation of date palm. Unfortunately, this technique is hampered by tissue browning, a physiological disorder that decreases the proliferation capacity of ...
M. A. Mazri   +7 more
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Five‐year field trial of the biomass productivity and water input response of cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) as a bioenergy feedstock for arid lands

open access: yesGCB Bioenergy, 2021
Climate‐resilient and highly water‐use efficient crops are needed to meet the future food, feed, fiber, and fuel demands of a growing human population. Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) are highly productive yet have crop water demands that are approximately 20%
Dhurba Neupane   +4 more
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