 | PREFACE ( the ISHS Board of Directors, Ali Nefzaoui) |
| CACTI (OPUNTIA SPP.) AS A FODDER CROP FOR MARGINAL LANDS IN TH MEDITERRANEAN BASIN (H.N. Le Houérou) |
| COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSES BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ECO-COMPATIBLE CACTUS PEAR CULTIVATION IN ITALY (F. Basile, V.T. Foti, G. Timpanaro) |
| OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS: A CACTUS PEAR IN MADAGASCAR (K. Middleton) |
| CURRENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF CACTUS IN TIGRAY, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA (M. Haile, T. Belay, H.G. Zimmerman) |
| GENETIC RESOURCES AND BREEDING CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) FOR FODDER PRODUCTION (C. Mondragón-Jacobo, S. Perez-Gonzalez) |
| VARIABILITY WITHIN OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL. CV. "YELLOW FRUIT WITHOUT SPINES" IN SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA AND INDIVIDUAL PLANT SELECTION FOR IMPROVED YIELD AND FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS (P. Felker, F. Galizi, C. Soulier) |
| THE CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) IN MOROCCO: MAIN SPECIES AND CULTIVAR CHARACTERIZATION (M. Arba, M. Cherif Benismail, M. Mokhtari) |
| MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) FRUITS FROM A GERMPLASM COLLECTION (F. Gutiérrez-Acosta, R.D. Valdez-Cepeda, F. Blanco-Macías) |
| PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF APOMICTIC SEEDLINGS OPUNTIA SPP. BREEDING POPULATIONS FROM CENTRAL MEXICO (C. Mondragón-Jacobo) |
| DESCRIPTION OF SIX CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) FRUIT CULTIVARS FROM ITALY (G. Nieddu, I. Chessa, D. Satta, L. De Pau, M. Pala) |
| CORRELATIONS BETWEEN POLLEN GRAIN AND SEED CHARACTERS IN OPUNTIA L. TAXA (W. De Leonardis, C. De Santis, S. Padulosi, G. Fichera) |
| CACTUS PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY, EMPHASIZING GAS EXCHANGE OF PLATYOPUNTIA FRUITS (P.S. Nobel) |
| BIOTECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. (B. Arnholdt-Schmitt, R.M. Llamoca-Zárate, F.A.P. Campos, J. Landsmann) |
| THE PERFORMANCE OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA SEEDLINGS THAT RESULTED FROM DIFFERENT NUMBER OF JOINT MATURE CLADODES AT TWO PLANTING DATES (Y. Nasr, K. Jamjoum) |
| FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF DAUGHTER YOUNG CLADODES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (CACTACEAE) (R.D. Valdez-Cepeda, F. Blanco-Macías) |
| FREEZING TOLERANCE OF OPUNTIA SPP. (R.D. Valdez-Cepeda, F. Blanco-Macías, G. salinas-García, R. Vázquez-Alvarado, C. Gallegos-Vázquez) |
| CHANGES IN THE MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (MILL.) CLADODES SURFACE (I. Chessa, G. Nieddu, L. De Pau, D. Satta) |
| POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF CACTUS PEAR FRUITS AND CACTUS LEAVES (A. Rodriguez-Felix) |
| ALTERNATIVE BEARING AND SUMMER PRUNING OF CACTUS PEAR (P. Inglese, G. Gugliuzza, T. La Mantia) |
| RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRUIT THINNING AND IRRIGATION ON DETERMINING FRUIT QUALITY OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) FRUITS (G. Gugliuzza, P. Inglese, V. Farina) |
| EFFECT OF HOT WATER AND WAX APPLICATIONS ON STORAGE LIFE OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) FRUITS (H. Berger, A. Mitrovic, L. Galletti, Oyarzún) |
| FRUIT LOAD AND CLADODE NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS IN CACTUS PEAR (G. Gugliuzza, T. La Mantia, P. Inglese) |
| EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AVAILABILITY ON CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA L. MILL) POSTHARVEST QUALITY (M.J. Ochoa, G. Leguizamón, S.A. Uhart) |
| SURVEY OF DISEASES DISCOVERED ON OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA IN PRODUCER COUNTRIES (G. Granata, A. Sidoti) |
| THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON DISEASES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA IN SOUTH AFRICA (W.J. Swart, V.R. Swart) |
| THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON DISEASES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA IN SOUTH AFRICA (W.J. Swart, V.R. Swart) |
| CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM BERG (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR CHEMICAL CONTROL (E. Lobos, J. Ochoa, C. Soulier) |
| CACTUS PEAR FRUITS AND CLADODES: A SOURCE OF FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS FOR FOODS (C. Sáenz) |
| PRODUCTION OF AN EDIBLE DRIED PRODUCT (CANDY) OF HIGH QUALITY FROM THE PEEL OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA USING A SIMPLE PORTABLE SOLAR DRIER (A.P. Mnkeni, M.O. Brutsch) |
| OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA WASTE UTILIZATION (M.M. Tripodo, R.B. Lo Curto, G. Mandalari, M.R. Zappia) |
| OATMEAL COOKIES ENRICHED WITH CACTUS PEAR FLOUR AS DIETARY FIBER SOURCE: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS (C. Sáenz, A.M. Estévez, M. Fontanot, N. Pak) |
| INTENSIVE PRODUCTION OF CACTUS PEARITOS UNDER PLASTIC TUNNELS (F. Blanco-Macías, R.D. Valdez-Cepeda, R.R. Ruiz-Garduño) |
| CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA SEED OIL (F. Salvo, E.M. Galati, S. Lo Curto, M.M. Tripodo) |
| BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. (CACTACEAE) CLADODES (A. Trovato, M.R. Mondello, M.T. Monforte, A. Rossitto, E.M. Galati) |
| CACTI: EFFICIENT TOOL FOR RANGELAND REHABILITATION, DROUGHT MITIGATION AND TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (A. Nefzaoui, H. Ben Salem) |
| NITROGEN SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA F. INERMIS- BASED DIETS AND SHEEP GROWTH (H. Ben Salem, A. Nefzaoui, L. Ben Salem) |
| IN VIVO ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CACTUS PEAR AS A RUMINANT FEED (F. Tegegne) |
| CACTUS PROTECTS SOIL AND LIVESTOCK IN RHAMNA REGION (M. Mazhar, A. Arif, A. Chriyâa, L. El Mzouri, M. Derkaoui) |
| OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA F. INERMIS AND ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA L.: TWO COMPLEMENTARY FODDER SHRUBS FOR SHEEP AND GOATS (H. Ben Salem, A. Nefzaoui, L. Ben Salem) |
| FODDER POTENTIAL OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (F. Tegegne) |
| IN SITU DEGRADATION OF PRICKLY PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP) TREATED WITH YEAST AND AMMONIUM SULFATE (M.M. Murillo, J.M. Fuentes, F. Borrego, A. Flores Uruza, H. Díaz, A. López, S. Rodriguez) |
