scholarly journals Biodynamic preparations on static pile composting from prickly pear cactus and moringa crop wastes

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-257
Author(s):  
Heberto Antonio Rodas-Gaitán ◽  
José Manuel Palma-García ◽  
Emilio Olivares-Sáenz ◽  
Edgar Vladimir Gutiérrez-Castorena ◽  
Rigoberto Vázquez-Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Bottom Layer ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Organic Farm ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Aeration System ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Biodynamic Preparations ◽  
Biodynamic Agriculture ◽  
Pear Cactus

AbstractBiodynamic agriculture, which considered biodynamic preparations (BP) and compost as essential to farms sustainability, surged as an alternative almost a century ago. Composting is a way to obtain either biofertilizers or soil amendments, whereas the static piles method reduces energy and cost because no turnings are needed. The present study aims to evaluate the BP effect on physical, chemical and biological properties of static piles compost from prickly pear cactus and moringa crop wastes (regional principal substrates) over 100 days of composting. The experiment was carried out in an organic farm (Nuevo León, Mexico) considering four treatments: T1, Prickly pear cactus+BP; T2, Moringa+BP; T3, Prickly pear cactus and T4, Moringa. Results showed significantly higher bacterial activity (p<0.05) in T1 (until 1.38x1010CFU), therefore it had the highest temperatures and mineralization. Treatments with prickly pear cactus attained the highest temperatures, compared with those with moringa (significantly in 71% of total sampling days, p<0.05). An aerobic environment was maintained by the passive aeration system (holed PVC pipes placed at the bottom layer). The final material was considered to be sanitized, according to Enterobacteriaceae,Escherichia coliandSalmonella/Shigellaanalysis for quality control. Results indicate the BP efficiency on regional substrates decomposition, by using the static piles method.

scholarly journals Evaluation of eleven Mexican cultivars of prickly pear cactus trees for possibly utilization as animal fed: in vitro gas production

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Vazquez-Mendoza ◽  
Luis A. Miranda-Romero ◽  
Gilberto Aranda-Osorio ◽  
Juan A. Burgueño-Ferreira ◽  
Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem
Keyword(s):  
Gas Production ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
In Vitro Gas Production ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus

scholarly journals Sustainable anaerobic rumen methane and carbon dioxide productions from prickly pear cactus flour by organic acid salts addition

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 1362-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M.Y. Elghandour ◽  
A.E. Kholif ◽  
A.Z.M. Salem ◽  
O.A. Olafadehan ◽  
A.M. Kholif
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Organic Acid ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus ◽  
Organic Acid Salts ◽  
Acid Salts

scholarly journals Identification and genomic characterization of a novel tobamovirus from prickly pear cactus

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-784
Author(s):  
Héctor Salgado-Ortíz ◽  
Rodolfo De La Torre-Almaraz ◽  
Jesús Ángel Sánchez-Navarro ◽  
Vicente Pallás
Keyword(s):  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Genomic Characterization ◽  
Pear Cactus

scholarly journals In Vitro Propagation of Three Moroccan Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia and Plant Establishment in Soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aissam EL FINTI ◽  
Rachida EL BOULLANI ◽  
Naima AIT AABD ◽  
Fouad MSANDA ◽  
Mohammed A. SERGHINI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basal Medium ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Multiplication Rate ◽  
In Vitro Micropropagation ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Half Strength ◽  
Micropropagated Plants ◽  
Large Production ◽  
Pear Cactus

Opuntia is one of the most widespread cacti, primarily due to their edible fruit and vegetable mass used as feed. The high demand for young plants of Opuntia made it necessary to find a rapid method of multiplication of the cactus, the safest method consisting in vitro micropropagation of species belonging to this genus. With aim of large production of plant material, a propagation system of three important prickly pear cactus cultivar (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Morocco was developed. Segments of healthy young cladode (containing one areole) were cultivated in Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) containing adenine sulfate (40 mg/1), monosodium phosphate (50 mg/l), sucrose (50 g/l), phytagel (0.3%) and benzyladenine (BA) at 22.2 μM, to start the process of micropropagation. In vitro-developed shoots from areoles were used as secondary explants to induce shoot development in the MS medium with 5 mg/l of BA. All of the three studied cultivars showed an important multiplication rate in this medium. ‘Sidi Ifni M’ (‘Moussa’) cultivar shows the greatest number of shoots followed by ‘Sidi Ifni A’ (‘Aissa’) and ‘Delahia’ 17.26, 14.12 and 12.13 respectively. Rooting of in vitro-generated shoots was achieved most efficiently on half-strength MS basal medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or IAA. Rooting frequencies were in the range from 95 to 100% and the highest mean number of root (19.1) was obtained with IBA for ‘Delahia’ cultivar. All micropropagated plants were transferred to greenhouse and all of them survived acclimatization process and showed good overall growth.

Biocontrol of a prickly pear cactus in South Africa: Reinterpreting the analogous, renowned case in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2475-2484
Author(s):  
John H. Hoffmann ◽  
Vincent C. Moran ◽  
Helmuth G. Zimmermann ◽  
Fiona A. C. Impson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus
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