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2022 Searching for Silphium: An Updated Review

From luxury spice to medical cure-all, silphium was a product coveted throughout the ancient world and occupied an essential...

07/19/2025
2008 Sustainable Water Utilization in Arid Region of Iran by Qanats

To make use of the limited amounts of water in arid region, the Iranians developed man-made underground water channels...

06/15/2025
1995 On‐orbit measurement of TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter antenna pattern

Satellite altimeters make extremely precise and accurate measurements of the range to the sea surface. In order to achieve...

12/30/2024
2016 Performance Evaluation of Moringa oleifera and Available Roughages (Maize and Australian Sweet Jumbo) on Feeding Values of Growing BLRI Cattle Breed-1 (BCB-1) Bulls

Good quality roughage is being positive response to increase the production and productivity of ruminant animals was developed as...

12/11/2024
2018 Cactus as a Fodder and Beyond

Last month, FAO jointly with ICARDA (International Centre for Research in Dry Areas) and University of Chile organized 9th...

12/11/2024
2018 Fruit production from Opuntia ficus-indica ecotypes in comparison to commercial Italian clones

Fruit production, as an elementary chemical characteristic of the fruit, was evaluated in 16 Opuntia ficus-indica Portuguese ecotypes cultivated...

12/11/2024
2022 Challenges Inherent in Controlling Prickly Pear Species; Global Review of the Properties of Opuntia stricta, Opuntia ficus-indica and Opuntia monacantha

Opuntia species (prickly pear) were deliberately introduced to many countries around the world for fruit, cochineal dye production, living...

12/11/2024
2020 Biocarbon Derived from Opuntia ficus indica for p-Nitrophenol Retention

Activated carbon obtained from Opuntia ficus indica by sodium hydroxide activation was employed for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from...

12/11/2024
2023 Arthrobacter sp. Inoculation Improves Cactus Pear Growth, Quality of Fruits, and Nutraceutical Properties of Cladodes

A study was undertaken to determine the effects of a strain of Arthrobacter sp., a Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB),...

12/10/2024
2019 Solar air drying for innovative Opuntia ficus-indica cladode dehydration

Providing a case study of general applicability in all world’s semi-arid regions where the plant is increasingly harvested, we...

12/10/2024
2009 Nitrogen: All Forms Are Not Equal

By understanding the different chemical forms of nitrogen, you can manage root zone pH and avoid toxic buildup of...

12/10/2024
1969 Protein Content of Seed: Increase Improves Growth and Yield

“The content of protein in the seed correlated with subsequent growth and yield, indicating that the amount of endogenous...

12/10/2024
2009 The brighter side of soils: quantum dots track organic nitrogen through fungi and plants

Soil microorganisms mediate many nutrient transformations that are central in terrestrial cycling of carbon and nitrogen. However, uptake of...

12/10/2024
2008 Plants can use protein as a nitrogen source without assistance from other organisms

Nitrogen is quantitatively the most important nutrient that plants acquire from the soil. It is well established that plant...

12/09/2024
2000 Uptake Of Organic Nitrogen In The Field By Four Agriculturally Important Plant Species

Uptake of glycine was studied in four plants commonly used in grasslands in northern Europe (Phleum pratense, Trifolium hybridum,...

12/09/2024
2008 Soil Fertility Management for Organic Crops

Growers need sound information to guide their management decisions on organic vegetable production practices in California, yet specific information...

12/09/2024
2015 A New Paradigm in Nitrogen

The traditional understanding of how plants take up and use nitrogen has been that plants can only use the...

12/09/2024
2017 Bone Mineral Density, Mechanical, Microstructural Properties and Mineral Content of the Femur in Growing Rats Fed with Cactus Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. (Cactaceae) Cladodes as Calcium Source in Diet

For several years, populations of developing countries including Mexico and Latin America have been undergoing changes in dietary habits...

12/08/2024
2011 Evaluation of oxalates and calcium in nopal pads (Opuntia ficus-indica var. redonda) at different maturity stages

The content of calcium oxalate and calcium in powder from Opuntia ficus-indica (nopal pad) was investigated. Atomic absorption spectrometry...

12/08/2024
2007 Physicochemical Characterization of Nopal Pads (Opuntia ficus indica) and Dry Vacuum Nopal Powders as a Function of the Maturation

This paper presents the physicochemical and nutrimental characterization of fresh nopal (Opuntia ficus indica, Redonda variety) and nopal powder...

12/08/2024
2015 Characterization of Calcium Compounds in Opuntia ficus indica as a Source of Calcium for Human Diet

Analyses of calcium compounds in cladodes, soluble dietary fiber (SDF), and insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) of Opuntia ficus indica...

12/08/2024
1999 Frugivorous Drosophila simulans begins to exploit Opuntia ficus-indica cladodes

The introduction of exotic plants creates potential new niches for endemic animals. European tradespeople brought the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica...

12/04/2024
2013 Water Adsorption Isotherms of Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus) Flour

Water sorption isotherms are unique for individual food materials and can be used directly to predict shelf life and...

12/03/2024
2020 Nutraceutical value of kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus L.)

Amaranthus caudatus L. (Amaranthaceae), commonly known as kiwicha, is considered as one of the few multi- purpose pseudocereal crops which...

12/03/2024
2021 Nopal agroecosystems (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) associated with six pre-Columbian crops and documentation of ancestral community knowledge, in Diriamba and San Marcos Nicaragua 2013-2015

The research was conducted in Apompuá, Diriamba and Las Esquinas, San Marcos, Carazo, Nicaragua, in 2013 and ended in...

12/03/2024
2010 NOPAL (Opuntia ficus indica L.), DELICIOSO Y MEDICINAL

La planta de nopal tiene su origen en México, pero tiene una distribución muy amplia ya que se encuentra...

12/03/2024
2016 Opuntia fícus-indica and Nopalea cochenillifera cacti:production systems and uses

The cacti species Opuntia fícus-indica and Nopalea cochenillifera originated in México and are nowadays cultivated in Brazil and other...

12/03/2024
1980 Biophysical properties of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage

The purified mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica is a high MW polysaccharide which behaves as a polyelectrolyte. Viscosity of its...

Phytochemistry 12/03/2024
2014 Antileishmanial activity of Opuntia ficus-indica fractions

Cladodes and fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of abscess and skin inflammation....

12/03/2024
2024 Ensiling as a Conservation Technique for Opuntia ficus indica (L.) By-Products: Peel and Pastazzo

Italy is the third largest producer of Opuntia fruits in the world after Mexico and the United States, and...

12/02/2024
2024 Selected Mesoamerican Crops - Anti-Obesity Potential and Health Promotion. A Review

Mesoamerica is the center of origin of a great number of food crops that nowadays are part of...

12/01/2024
2010 Seed Dispersal, Seed Entrapment, and Seedling Recruitment in a Temporally Variable Desert Playa

Natural establishment of seedlings in desert playas with temporally variable precipitation hinges on many factors, including seed production, seed...

Western North American Naturalist 11/29/2024
1892 Sketch of The Flora of Death Valley, California

SINCE Death Valley, as shown by the published records of the Weather Bureau,2 is the hottest and dryest area...

Science 11/29/2024
2004 Development of vegetation in the Central Mojave Desert of California during the late Quaternary

Vegetation analysis of 47 Neotoma (packrat) middens from the core of the central Mojave Desert of California reveal changes...

11/29/2024
1943 Cactus and Succulent Journal 1943-12: Vol 15 Iss 12

NOTES ON CACTI OUT OF DOORS
North Latitude 38°—23’—20”
West Longitude 122°
By F. B. Noyes...

Cactus and Succulent Journal 11/29/2024
1914 Contribution à l'étude de la végétation du grand bassin américain

During the winter of December, the studies I am pursuing on the phytogeography of the deserts of the Northern...

Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 11/29/2024
1984 Tolerance of Photosynthesis to High Temperature in Desert Plants

Winter and summertime active desert annual species were grown at different temperatures to assess their capacity for photosynthetic acclimation....

11/26/2024
1995 Major plant communities of warm North American deserts

A syntaxonomic study of the major plant communities in neotropical North American deserts (Sonoran, Mojave and Baja California Deserts)...

11/26/2024
2016 Cladode growth dynamics in Opuntia ficus-indica under drought

Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) is a CAM plant with an extraordinary capacity to store water in its...

11/25/2024
1975 Titratable Acids in Opuntia ficus indica L.

Accumulation of acidity in spiny and spineless Opuntia joints jluctuated daily due to crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Golan...

11/25/2024
2023 Meyerozyma caribbica Isolated from Vinasse-Irrigated Sugarcane Plantation Soil: A Promising Yeast for Ethanol and Xylitol Production in Biorefineries

The production of fuels and other industrial products from renewable sources has inten- sified the search for new substrates...

11/25/2024
2019 Estimation of productivity gain by irrigated and fertilized forage palm plants

Population expansion increases the water use for food production, which has stimulated farmers to cultivate vegetable with improved water...

Australian Journal of Crop Science 11/24/2024
2021 Coffee pulp accelerates early tropical forest succession on old fields

Applying nutrient-rich agricultural by-products, such as fruit peels and pulp, to degraded land has been proposed as a strategy...

11/24/2024
2010 Opuntia Ficus-Indica as an Extremophile

Opuntia Ficus-Indica as an Extremophile

11/24/2024
2016 Antimicrobial Activity of Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill Fruit and Cladode Extracts

In the present study the antimicrobial activity of chloroform and methanolic extracts of Opuntia cochenillifera for both cladode and...

11/23/2024
2017 Extraction and Physicochemical Characterization of Mucilage from Opuntia cochenillifera

Opuntia spp. are flowering plants belonging to the Cactaceae family. They grow naturally in tropical and semitropical regions [1],...

11/23/2024
1976 Comparative Palatability of Atriprex canescens

Millions of hectares of arid and semiarid western states of the United States are covered by saltbush (Atriplex spp.) plants...

Range Management 11/23/2024
2010 Forage kochia (Kochia prostrata) for fall and winter grazing

Forage kochia (Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad.), also known as prostrate kochia, or prostrate summer cypress is a long-lived, perennial,...

11/22/2024
2009 Freezing tolerance in Algerian populations of Atriplex halimus and Atriplex canescens

The freezing tolerance of populations of the fodder species Atriplex halimus L. and Atriplex canescens (Pursh.) Nutt (Chenopodiaceae) from...

11/22/2024
2023 Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear)

This datasheet on Opuntia ficus-indica covers Identity, Overview, Associated Diseases, Pests or Pathogens, Distribution, Dispersal, Hosts/Species Affected, Diagnosis, Biology...

11/18/2024
1972 Rooting Cuttings of Saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.)

Cuttings of the saltbush (Atriplex halimus L.) were rooted by keeping them at high humidity in cheap &am- hers...

11/16/2024
2006 Cactus Pear Production Systems In Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Ethiopia has some of the lowest socioeconomic indicators in the world. About 90% of the population earn their living...

11/15/2024
2002 Fodder Potential Of Opuntia Ficus-Indica

The objective of this study was to investigate the fodder potential of Opuntia ficus-indica. Samples taken from a plant...

11/15/2024
2018 Tests for Waterproofing Materials, Made of Opuntia ficus-indica

Mexican cacti have captivated the scientific community due their extraordinary characteristics and benefits.This research established a new way to...

11/15/2024
2019 Betalains from prickly-pear fruit: An alternative natural coloring for food

Food coloring are additives that are usually incorporated into foods to make them more attractive to people. However, some mineral...

11/12/2024
2019 Obtaining natural colorants tuna (Opuntia ficus-indica)

This research work was carried out with the objective of extracting natural pigments from Opuntia ficus-indica, so that a visual...

11/12/2024
2012 Nopal Cactus (Opuntia Ficus-Indica) as a Holographic Material

The nopal cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) releases a substance through its mucilage, which comes from the degradation of pectic substances and...

11/12/2024
2020 Prospective antimycotoxigenic action of wild Opuntia ficus-indica by-products

Numerous natural compounds perform pharmaceutical, antimycotic and antitoxic purposes in the body system. The aim was to evaluate new phytoconstituents...

11/12/2024
2012 Pharmacological Actions of opuntia ficus indica

Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) belongs to the family Cactaceae. Family Cactaceae is reported to contain about 130 genera and nearly 1500...

11/11/2024
2018 Sewage Sludge Conditioning using Opuntia Ficus Indica Juice

This work aimed to study the possibility of using plant matter, Opuntia ficus indica juice (OFIJ), for conditioning the Beni-Messous...

11/11/2024

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