Globally, we are facing an emerging climate crisis, with impacts to be notably felt in semiarid
regions across the world. Cultivation of drought‐adapted succulent plants has been …

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.) …

RESUMO O entendimento do efeito do sistema de cultivo sobre a relação morfo-produtiva
das plantas é determinante para o sucesso da atividade agrícola, sobretudo em regiões …

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 …

In Opuntia spp., the cladode tissues contain many polysaccharides and secondary
metabolites that interfere with obtaining high-quality deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), using …

Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is a crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species that
serves as a food, feed, and bioenergy crop. O. ficus-indica is an attractive alternative biofuel …

Increased food, feed, and biofuel demands of the future will require a greater reliance upon
crop production systems in arid and semi‐arid regions around the world. Diminishing …

The forage palm is one of the main forages of ruminants in semiarid regions. Measurements
of leaf area are required in agronomic studies because they are one of the main parameters …

Mexican Desertic Medicinal Plants Page 22 Mexican Desertic Medicinal Plants Biology,
Ecology, and Distribution Chapter 2 José Antonio Hernández-Herrera, Luis Manuel …

Fruit production, as an elementary chemical characteristic of the fruit, was evaluated in 16
Opuntia ficus-indica Portuguese ecotypes cultivated in a marginal soil without tillage, in the …