Date Type Title/Summary
02/20/2023 Publication Native Cultivars of Cactus Pear in México

Cactus pears or prickly pears (Opuntia spp. Cactaceae) are omnipresent plants of the Mexican landscape and have great historical and ethnobotanical significance. Ripe fruits and...

02/20/2023 Publication Development of a regeneration protocol through indirect organogenesis

An indirect organogenesis regeneration protocol for Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill var “Blanco sin Espinas” is described. One centimeter square cladode explants sections from previously micropropagated...

02/20/2023 Publication Crop Ecology, Cultivation and Uses of Cactus Pear

Cactus crops are gaining increasing interest across the globe, in particular cactus pear (Opuntia ficus− indica), because of its unique characteristics which provide resilience to...

02/20/2023 Publication Forage Potential of Opuntia Clones

Short term gas exchange measurements and long term field trials have confirmed the several fold greater water to dry matter conversion efficiency of cactus than...

02/20/2023 Page What If?

What if:

  • Easy to grow plants could feed people and livestock with very little water?
  • People could provide adequate
  • ...

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