The cactus pear has demonstrated productive potential in arid and semi-arid regions due to
its photosynthetic process of crassulacean acid metabolism. Thus, this study aimed to …

Decentralised energy from feedstock cultivated on marginal land can address various
problems of many developing countries. Plants like Opuntia ficus-indica (L) Mill.(Cactaceae) …

This chapter describes the importance of cactus pear and cladodes as food and forage crop
in the arid and semi-arid regions, its worldwide distribution and botanical features. The …

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar características estruturais, bromatológicas e
produtividade da palma forrageira'Gigante'cultivada em diferentes espaçamentos de plantio …

Edaphoclimatic conditions determine variations in availability of water and nutrients,
susceptibility to erosive processes and expression of the genetic potential of the cactus pear …

Cactus pear is adapted to semi-arid conditions. In this study, the objective was to evaluate
the water use efficiency and green and dry mass yields of the cultivar Gigante under different …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical attributes of the soil cultivated with
'Gigante'cactus pear under different doses of organic fertilizer, planting spacings and …

Determining the sufficiency range of essential macronutrients in plants is of utmost
importance for successfully diagnosing the crop's nutrient demands, thereby improving …

This study was carried out on a cactus pear orchard grown in calcareous soil at El-Hammam
region, Matrouh Governorate, over two consecutive seasons in 2020 and 2021. This work …

The reuse of wastewater from domestic sewage can contribute to forage production in
regions with limited water availability. The aim was to study the agronomic performance of …