List price   € 49     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   M.O. Brutsch  Editors   P. Inglese, M.O. Brutsch  Publication date   1 March 1997  ISBN   978-90-66057-49-4  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   22  Volumes   1  Place   Midrand, South Africa  Online articles: PREFACE CLIMATIC DATA OF SELECTED CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) GROWING AREAS IN SOUTH AFRICA (M.O. Brutsch) EFFECT OF CLADODE SHADING ON GROWTH AND RIPENING OF FRUITS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA L. MILLER) (T. La Mantia, G. Barbera, G. Gugliuzza, P. Inglese) COMPETITIVE GROWTH OF FRUITS AND CLADODES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. AND THERMAL TIME REQUIREMENT (P. Inglese, G. Barbera, T. La Mantia) DISTRIBUTION OF PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERS WITHIN A SEEDLING POPULATION FROM OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (CV “GIALLA”) (G. Nieddu, I. Chessa) ISOZYME CHARACTERIZATION OF OPUNTIA SPECIES AND VARIETIES FROM ITALIAN GERMPLASM (I. Chessa, G. Nieddu, P. Serra, P. Inglese, T. La Mantia) PLANT SHADING AND FLOWER INDUCTION IN OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. (A. Cicala, A. Fabbri, A. Di Grazia, A. Tamburino, C. Valenti) EVOLUTION OF ENDOGENOUS GIBERELLINS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF FLOWERING IN RELATION TO RETURN BLOOM OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILLER) (P. Inglese, I. Chessa, G. Nieddu, T. La Mantia) YIELD VARIATION IN CLONALLY PROPAGATED OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. PLANTS WHEN TERMINAL CLADODES ARE USED (A.B. Wessels, L.L. Van Der Merwe, H. Du Plessis) SUPPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION FOR SPINELESS CACTUS PEAR (L.L. Van Der Merwe, A. B. Wessels, Dawid I. Ferreira) THE FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) UNDER SUMMER RAINFALL CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA (A.S. Claassens, A.B. Wessels) CHANGES IN CAM ACTIVITY ABA, AND PAS IN OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA AS RESPONSE TO DROUGTH. (G. Nieddu, I. Chessa, P. Deidda, Z. Tekle) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FRUIT AND SEEDS OF CACTUS PEARS DURING EARLY AND LATE-INDUCED CROP RIPENING (G. Nieddu, L. De Pau, M. Schirra, G. D'hallewin) EVALUATION OF POST-HARVEST BEHAVIOR IN CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA L. MILL.) (J. Ochoa, C. Degano, G. Ayrault, M. Eugenia Alonso) FRUIT QUALITY OF FOUR CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) CULTIVARS AS INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION (M. Mulas, G. D'hallewin) FLOWER REMOVAL TIME AND FRUIT QUALITY IN CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) (M. Mulas) APPEARANCE OF ALTERNARIA GOLDEN SPOT ON CACTUS PEAR IN ITALY (G. Granata, A. Sidoti) INFLUENCE OF PH AND CONTENT OF CARRAGEENAN DURING THE STORAGE OF CACTUS PEAR GELS (C. Sáenz, S. Arriagada, S.M. Fiszman, C. Calvo) NATURAL LIQUID SWEETENER FROM CACTUS PEAR: OBTENTION AND CHARACTERISTICS (C. Sáenz, P. Mecklenburg, A.M. Estévez, E. Sepúlveda) ECONOMIC FEATURES OF CACTUS PEAR PRODUCTION IN ITALY (F. Basile, V.T. Foti) ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE CACTUS PEAR MARKET IN ITALY (S. Foti, G. Timpanaro) PRODUCTION AND MARKET ASPECTS OF CACTUS PEAR INDUSTRY IN ITALY (A. Asciuto, T. Cirivello, M. Crescimanno) A STUDY OF CONSUMERS OF CACTUS PEAR IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ITALY (G. Battaglia)