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Opuntia spp. Prickly Pear Cactus
EDIS, 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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Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2016 En nopal (Opuntia spp.) como en muchos géneros, los problemas de clasi cación taxonómica son frecuentes, esto complica la identi cación correcta de cultivares. Este estudio se realizó con la nalidad de detectar polimor smo en nueve cultivares de nopal
Arnoldo Flores-Hernandez +7 more
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Silage of Prickly Pears (Opuntia spp.) Juice By-Products. [PDF]
Animals (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]
Oxid 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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Sweetened nopal flakes: a functional snack
Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2021 Nopal (Opuntia spp. and Nopalea spp. genera) is a crop, recognized for its nutritional and medicinal properties; however, there are some underused species, despite the great genetic diversity in Mexico. The genus Opuntia spp.
Leidy Laura Cruz de la Cruz +3 more
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African and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia, 2022 Cactus Opuntia spp. is a perfectly appropriate crop for land rehabilitation in the arid and semi-arid regions of Morocco. Unfortunately, the sustainability of this extremely resilient crop has become seriously threatened by the appearance of Dactylopius ...
Mohamed El-Aalaoui, Mohamed Sbaghi
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Opuntia Fiber and Its Potential to Obtain Sustainable Materials in the Composites Field: A Review
Journal 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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Plants, 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
Plants, 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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GCB 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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