ISHS Acta Horticulturae 349: V International Symposium on Orchard and Plantation Systems
MODERN CULTIVATION OF PRICKLY PEAR IN ISRAEL: FERTIGATION |
| Authors: | A. Nerd, Y. Mizrahi |
| Abstract:
A continuously fertigated (N-P-K) young plantation of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) reached a height of 1.8 m and produced 18 tons/ha fruits after two-and-a-half years. Two flushes of floral buds were produced, a major one in the spring and a minor one in the autumn. Subsequent studies conducted in rain-fed plantations, which usually develop buds in the spring showed that fertigation with N fertilizer promoted out-of-season floral bud emergence. | |
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