List price   € 92   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   A. Oulahboub  Editors   A. Nefzaoui, P. Inglese, G. Liguori  Publication date   10 June 2013  ISBN   978-90-66055-36-0  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   52  Volumes   1  Place   Agadir, Morocco  Online articles: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON GENETIC RESOURCES OF CACTUS PEAR; AN ASSET FOR THE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF SEMIARID LANDS (C. Mondragón-Jacobo, I. Chessa) MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF OPUNTIAS BASED ON INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER SEQUENCES (ITS) OF QUERETARO STATE - MEXICO (M.C.C.P. de Lyra, D.C. Santos, M.L.R.B. da Silva, C. Mondragón-Jacobo, E. Martínez-Romero) POLYMORPHIC MICROSATELLITE DNA MARKERS IN OPUNTIA SPP. COLLECTIONS (I. Chessa, P. Erre, M. Barbato , G. Nieddu , J. Ochoa) DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTORS TO DIFFERENTIATE THE OPUNTIA GENOTYPES (P. Erre , I. Chessa) EVALUATION OF GROWTH AND ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. ECOTYPES IN CERRILLOS, PROVINCE OF SALTA, ARGENTINA (S.P. Ortín, J.P. Ramón, L.B. Lozano , M.M. Tejerina, M.E. Toncovich) GENETIC STRUCTURE OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FÍCUS-INDICA) IN A MOROCCAN COLLECTION (A. El Finti, M. Belayadi, R. El Boullani, F. Msanda , A. El Mousadik) 'MLES' AND 'DRAIBINA' WILD POPULATIONS OF CACTUS PEAR IN KHOURIBGA AREA (M. Arba, E.C. Sharoua) DIVERSITY OF WILD AND CULTIVATED OPUNTIA VARIANTS IN THE MERIDIONAL HIGHLANDS PLATEAU OF MEXICO (J.A. Reyes-Agüero , J.R. Aguirre Rivera, F. Carlín-Castelán, A. González-Durán) GERMPLASM DIVERSITY OF XOCONOSTLES (OPUNTIA SPP.) OR ACIDIC CACTUS PEARS FROM CENTRAL MEXICO (C. Gallegos-Vázquez, C. Mondragón-Jacobo, C.A. Núñez-Colín, L. Scheinvar) BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT (OPUNTIA SPP.) CULTIVARS ORIGINATING FROM SOUTH-WEST MOROCCO (M. Sedki, A. Taoufiq, M. Haddouche, A. El Mousadik, M. Barkaoui, E. El Mzouri) MICROPROPAGATION IN VITRO OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA IN SOUTHERN MOROCCO (A. El Finti, R. El Boullani, M. Belayadi, N. Ait Aabd, A. El Mousadik) ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH FORAGE CACTUS (OPUNTIA SPP.) (M.L.R.B. da Silva, D.C. Santos, M.C.C.P. de Lyra, C. Mondragón-Jacobo, E. Martínez-Romero) PITAHAYAS: INTRODUCTION, AGROTECHNIQUES, AND BREEDING (N. Tel-Zur) DETERMINATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND CROP COEFFICIENT OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) WITH AN ENERGY BALANCE TECHNIQUE (S. Consoli, P. Inglese, G. Inglese) CO2 FLUXES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL. TREES IN RELATION TO WATER STATUS (G. Liguori, G. Inglese, F. Pernice, R. Sibani, P. Inglese) EFFECT OF ORGANIC FERTILIZATION ON GREEN CLADODES (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) YIELD IN LERMA VALLEY, SALTA, ARGENTINA. SECOND YEAR (L.B. Lozano, R. Palavecino, A. Tálamo, S.P. Ortín) EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON THE ROOTING OF ONE-YEAR-OLD CLADODES OF CACTUS PEAR (M. Arba, K. Benrachid) IMPACT OF IRRIGATION FREQUENCIES ON THE INSTALLATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF TWO FORMS OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (A. Homrani Bakali) ESTIMATING THE CARBON ASSIMILATION OF GROWING CACTUS PEAR CLADODES THROUGH DIFFERENT METHODS (N. Franck, V. Muñoz, F. Alfaro, D. Arancibia, J. Pérez-Quezada) THE INFLUENCE OF LOCATION, CULTIVAR AND SEASON ON CACTUS PEAR FRUIT QUALITY (N. Shongwe, M. De Wit, G. Osthoff, P. Nel, M. Labuschagne) ROOTING OF CUTTINGS AND PADS FRAGMENTS OF CACTUS PEAR (M. Arba, H. Sbihi) ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF SCOZZOLATURA IN TRADITIONAL AND IMPROVED ORCHARDS OF CACTUS PEAR IN SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA (M.G. Targa, G. Leguizamón, M. Coronel de Renolfi , M.J. Ochoa) THE INFLUENCE OF CULTIVAR AND SEASON ON CACTUS PEAR FRUIT QUALITY (M. Rothman, M. de Wit, A. Hugo, H.J. Fouché) MINERAL NUTRITION EFFECT ON CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS SPP.) GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (A. Mimouni, A. Ait Lhaj, M. Ghazi) ORGANIC FERTILIZATION AND PLANT POPULATION AFFECT SHOOT AND ROOT BIOMASS OF FORAGE CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) (J.C.B. Dubeux Junior, N.G.M. Silva, M.V.F. Santos, M.V. Cunha, D.C. Santos, M.A. Lira, A.C.L. Mello, M.S.C. Pinto) COMPARISON OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) CULTIVARS FOR FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY IN THE CENTRAL FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA (G.M. Engelbrecht, S.M. Ntsane, H.J. Fouché) INNOVATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CACTUS PEAR FOR EXPORT: A NEW ITEM TO BE INCORPORATED TO THE CHILEAN FRUIT EXPORT SECTOR (M. Mora, M. Cortés, C. Sanhueza, C. Sáenz) NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT MEDICINAL USES AND HEALTH-BENEFICIAL PROPERTIES OF CACTUS PRODUCTS (M.A. Nazareno) OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA AND OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA: PROMISING SOURCES OF FLAVONOLS - COMPARISON BETWEEN CULTIVARS FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS (T.E. Moussa-Ayoub, L.W. Kroh, E. Abd El-Hady, H. Omran, S.K. El-Samahy, S. Rohn) IMPACT OF TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ON CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA JUICE (T.E. Moussa-Ayoub, L.W. Kroh, H. Jaeger, D. Knorr, S.K. El-Samahy, S. Rohn) CHARACTERIZATION OF FLAVONOL AGLYCONS IN CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) FRUIT USING PREPARATIONS OF CELLULASES AND PECTINASES (T.E. Moussa-Ayoub, L.W. Kroh, E. Abd El-Hady, H. Omran, S.K. El-Samahy, S. Rohn) EFFECT OF THE CACTUS CLADODES PEELING IN THE FUNCTIONAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN CACTUS CLADODES POWDERS (E. Sepúlveda, T. Gorena, I. Chiffelle, C. Sáenz, E. Catalán) CACTUS CLADODE EXTRACT CAN RESTRICT BENZO(A)PYREN INDUCED LIVER CARCINOGENESIS BY MODULATION OF CELL DEATH PATHWAY IN BALB/C MICE (D. Brahmi, H. Bacha, W. Hassen, Y. Ayed, M. Hfaiedh, L. Zourgui) CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF OPUNTIA SPP. FRUITS IN TUNISIA (M. Bendhifi, M. Trifi, S. Souid, L. Zourgui) PREVENTIVE ROLE OF CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) CLADODES ON METHOTREXATE INDUCED BIOCHEMICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN RAT LIVER (A. Akacha, T. Rebai, M. Amri, L. Zourgui) SILAGE COMPOSED OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA F. INERMIS CLADODES, OLIVE CAKE AND WHEAT BRAN AS ALTERNATIVE FEED FOR BARBARINE LAMB (S. Abidi, H. Ben Salem, A. Nefzaoui, V. Vasta, A. Priolo) NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CACTUS PEAR FOR CATTLE IN SOUTH OF MOROCCO (M. Arba) POSSIBILITY OF USING DISCARDED PRICKLY PEARS CACTUS FRUITS AS A FEED FOR RUMINANTS (A. Araba, H. Youssoufi, A. Boutouba, K. Anegay, O. Salhi, M. Mouncif) IN VITRO DIGESTIBILITY OF PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (OPUNTIA SPP.) ADDITIONED WITH BREWERY BY-PRODUCTS (J. Fuentes-Rodriguez, A. Abrego-Garcia, F. Ruiz-Zarate, G. Montero-Almora, M. Torres Hernandez, M.E. Murillo Soto, R. Garcia-Castillo, J.J. Lopez-Gonzalez, B. Ortiz de la Rosa) LACTIC FERMENTATION TO IMPROVE THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA F. INERMIS CLADODES MIXED WITH SOME AGRO-INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS (I. Chekir, L. Ayed, M. Hamdi, H. Ben Salem) NUTRITIVE VALUE AND PALATABILITY OF CLADODES OF SPINY CACTUS (OPUNTIA AMYCLAE) OR SPINELESS CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA F. INERMIS) MEASURED ON ADAPTED AND NON-ADAPTED GOATS (H. Ben Salem, K. Ennouri) MORPHOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLADODES OF SIXTEEN CULTIVARS AND CLONES OF SPINELESS CACTUS GROWING IN TUNISIA (I. Yousfi, H. Ben Salem, A. Laamouri) BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM PIG MANURE FED OPUNTIA ROBUSTA DIETS (I.A. Treviño-Amador, F. Méndez-Llorente, M.A. López-Carlos, J.I. Aguilera-Soto, R.G. Ramírez-Lozano, M.A. Núñez-González, E.J.C. Zuñiga) BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA AND DAIRY CATTLE MANURE (I.A. Treviño-Amador, F. Méndez-Llorente, M.A. López-Carlos, J.I. Aguilera-Soto, R.G. Ramírez-Lozano, M.A. Núñez-González, E.J.C. Zuñiga) COMMERCIALISATION OF SUN-DRIED CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) CLADODES IN FEEDLOT DIETS FOR DORPER WETHER LAMBS (H.O. de Waal, L.M.J. Schwalbach, W.J. Combrinck, K.L. Shiningavamwe, J. Els) RECENT FINDINGS ON COCHINEAL: TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF ITS KNOWLEDGE (L. Portillo) SELECTION OF CACTUS PEAR CLONES REGARDING RESISTANCE TO CARMINE COCHINEAL DACTYLOPIUS OPUNTIAE (DACTYLOPIIDAE) (L.R. Borges, D.C. Santos, V.A.L.B. Cavalcanti, E.W.F. Gomes, H.M. Falcão, D.M.P. da Silva) THE OPUNTIA (CACTACEAE) AND DACTYLOPIUS (HEMIPTERA: DACTYLOPIIDAE) IN MEXICO: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF USE, INTERACTION AND DISTRIBUTION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CHEMICAL AND PHYLOGENETIC ASPECTS OF THE DACTYLOPIUS SPECIES (C.K. Chávez-Moreno, A. Tecante, M. Fragoso-Serrano, P.-M. Rogelio, A. Casas, L.E. Claps, S.T. Ramírez-Puebla, M. Rosenblueth, E. Martínez-Romero) USE OF BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL OF DACTYLOPIUS OPUNTIAE (HEMIPTERA: DACTYLOPIIDAE) IN CACTUS PEAR (L.R. Borges, D.C. Santos, E.W.F. Gomes, V.A.L.B. Cavalcanti, I.M.M. Silva, H.M. Falcão, D.M.P. da Silva) A PRELIMINARY PROTOCOL TO PROPAGATE TRUE-TO-TYPE AND CLADODE SWELLING DISEASE-FREE CACTUS PEAR STOCK PLANTS (J.G. Romero-de la Torre, E. Espinosa-Huerta, M.M. González-Chavira, M.A. Mora-Avilés, C. Mondragón-Jacobo) EFFECT OF THE PROCESS OF DYEING A NATURAL FIBER FABRIC USING WATERY EXTRACT OF COCHINEAL (G. Arroyo-Figueroa, G.M.L. Ruiz-Aguilar, A.L. Vigueras-Guzmán, L. Portillo, H. Arroyo-Figueroa, G. González-Sánchez) EVALUATION OF CARMINIC ACID OBTAINED FROM COCHINEAL (DACTYLOPIUS COCCUS COSTA) PRODUCED UNDER PROTECTED CONDITIONS (M. Alonso, G. Palacios, S.P. Ortín, A. Talamo, R. Rojas, L.B. Lozano, M.E. Toncovich, E.E.A. Cerrillos)