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Salt tolerance of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)
Plant and Soil, 1991In view of the need to exploit saline water resources in agriculture in arid zones, we investigated the salt tolerance of Opuntia ficus-indica in plants growing in solution culture. Salt (NaCl) was added in concentrations ranging from 5 (control) to 200 mol m-3. Cladode growth was sensitive to salinity, being 60% of the control at 50 mol m-3 NaCl.
A. Nerd, A. Karadi, Y. Mizrahi
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Biology of Hesperolabops nigriceps1 Plant Bug on Prickly Pear Cactus
Southwestern Entomologist, 2019Hesperolabops nigriceps Reuter feeds on cactus plants of the genus Opuntia (Caryophyllales: Cactaceae) and might damage production of prickly pear fruit and nopalitos -- tender pads of O. ficus-indica L. (Miller) eaten as a vegetable. Despite damage caused by the insect to Opuntia plants, there are no reports on its biology, which is essential for ...
Martín Palomares-Pérez +4 more
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Developmental changes in composition and quality of prickly pear cactus cladodes (nopalitos)
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 1988The composition and quality of edible tender stems or cladodes of 3 Prickly Pear Cactus species (Opuntia amyclaea, O. ficus-indica, and O. inermis) were studied at different stages of development. This traditional Mexican vegetable is called "nopalitos" in Spanish and "cactus leaves" in English.
A, Rodriguez-Felix, M, Cantwell
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Seasonal temperature acclimation of a prickly-pear cactus in south-central Arizona
Oecologia, 1974Carbon dioxide exchange patterns of prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) were studied throughout the year to determine temperature influences on and seasonal responses of the process. Cacti exhibit CAM which permits nighttime carboxylation of CO2 to malate and daytime decarboxylation of malate to CO2.
Robert A, Nisbet, Duncan T, Patten
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Prickly Pear Cactus and Pastoralism in Southwest Madagascar
Ethnology, 2004Madagascar's Mahafale cattle raisers have adopted several species of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) into their subsistence patterns. Their use of Opuntia has had the economic effects of both sedentary and transhumant intensification. It lengthens the stay of pastoralists at their villages and structures the timing of their seasonal migration to ...
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MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING OF NOPAL (PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS STEMS, OPUNTIA SPP.)
Acta Horticulturae, 2010Prickly pear cactus stems (nopal or nopalito) are widely consumed in Mexico for their nutritional and health benefits, and also exported to some other countries. The effect of passive or semi-active modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics of nopalitos was determined during storage at 5°C and 85 ...
E.M. Yahia, J.C. Guevara-Arauza
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Nutrient intake and utilisation in sheep fed with prickly pear cactus
Journal of Arid Environments, 1997The nutritive value of prickly pear cactus (Opuntiaspp.) was assessed on 18 adult rams divided into three equal groups fed either (i)Cenchrus ciliarishay to appetite plus 200 g concentrate (G1), (ii) chopped cactus andCenchrus ciliaris(G2), and (iii) chopped cactus andSorghum helepense(G3in a cafeteria system.Opuntia-fed groups G2and G3consumed 6·31 ...
S.K. Sirohi, S.A. Karim, A.K. Misra
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Genotoxicity Evaluation of Prickly Pear Cactus Seeds Oil in Cultured V79 Cells
Proceedings of 2022 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, 2022Prickly pear cactus seeds oil (PPSO) has been known by its high nutritive value, it is being produced and used by Yemeni people as anti-diabetic and cardiovascular agent. In this study, the potential genotoxicity of PPSO, as part of the safety evaluation process of the PPSO was assessed in vitro using cultured V79 cells.
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Genetic transformation of prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 2006A system for genetic transformation of an elite prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica L., cultivar Villa Nueva) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens was developed. Beginning with direct bacterial infection by using a hypodermic syringe to the meristematic tissue termed areoles, transgenic plants were obtained by selection with 100 mg l−1 kanamycin ...
H. Silos-Espino +4 more
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EFFECTS OF INST GAMMA IRRADIATION ON PRICKLY-PEAR CACTUS-D
1967(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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