scholarly journals Structure and diversity of bacterial community in semiarid soils cultivated with prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA DO CARMO C.P. DE LYRA ◽  
RODRIGO G. TAKETANI ◽  
ANA DOLORES S. DE FREITAS ◽  
CAROLINA E.R.S. E SILVA ◽  
ADÁLIA C.E.S. MERGULHÃO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Semiarid Soils ◽  
Pear Cactus

scholarly journals Biomass and Fruit Production for the Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica

1992 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Garcia de Cortázar ◽  
Park S. Nobel
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Fruit Productivity ◽  
Pear Cactus

Productivity of irrigated prickly pear cactus [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller] was studied over 3 years in central Chile using two planting densities. A low-density planting (0.25 plants/m2), traditionally favored for fruit production, had maximal fruit productivity in the 2nd year (6 Mg dry weight/ha per year). A high-density planting (24 plants/m2), which assured almost full interception of incident solar radiation, led to an extremely high shoot dry-weight productivity (50 Mg·ha-1·year-1) in the 2nd year and maximal fruit productivity (6 Mg·ha-1·year-1) in the 3rd year. Cladode dry weight tended to increase with cladode surface area. However, fruit production did not occur until the dry weight per cladode exceeded the minimum dry weight for a particular cladode surface area by at least 33 g. The year-to-year variation in fruit production apparently reflected variations in such excess dry weight and, hence, in the storage reserves of individual cladodes.

Salt tolerance of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

1991 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nerd ◽  
A. Karadi ◽  
Y. Mizrahi
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus
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