List price   € 98   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   A. Pereira de Andrade  Editors   F.A.P. Campos, J.C.B. Dubeux Jr., J. de Melo Silva  Publication date   28 February 2009  ISBN   978-90-66051-09-6  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   59  Volumes   1  Place   João Pessoa - Paraíba, Brazil  Online articles: CACTUS PEAR GENETIC RESOURCES THE CORNERSTONE OF THE MEXICAN CACTUS PEAR INDUSTRY (C. Mondragon Jacobo, C. Gallegos-Vazquez, J.A. Reyes-Aguero) CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN SOUTH AFRICA (J.P. Potgieter, B.K. Mashope) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CACTUS CLONES USING ISSR MARKERS (T. Souto Alves, M. Vanusa da Silva, C.M. Alves de Almeida, D. Oliveira Jordão do Amaral, D. Cordeiro dos Santos, I. Farias, V.M. Tenório Sabino Donato, A.F. da Costa) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN TUNISIAN BARBARY FIG AS REVEALED BY MOLECULAR TOOLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION (N. Zoghlami, B. Bouamama, I. Chrita, M. Gargouri, H. Zemni, A. Mliki, A. Ghorbel) AN UPDATE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CACTUS PEAR INDUSTRY IN MEXICO (C. Gallegos-Vázquez, C. Mondragón-Jacobo, J.A. Reyes-Agüero) FRUIT PRODUCTION OF CULTIVATED CACTI: A SHORT OVERVIEW ON PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND C BUDGET (P. Inglese, G. Gugliuzza, G. Liguori) EXTENDING FRUITING SEASON OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILLER) IN SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA (M.J. Ochoa, M.G. Targa, G. Abdala, G. Leguizamón) PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS STEMS UNDER PASSIVE AND SEMI-ACTIVE MODIFIED ATMOSPHERES PACKAGING (J.C. Guevara Arauza, E. Yahia) QUALITY PARAMETERS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) FROM TWO ARGENTINEAN PROVINCES (J.M. Ochoa, G. Leguizamón, S.P. Ortín) INDUSTRIALIZATION OF CACTUS PADS AND FRUIT IN MEXICO: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES (J. Corrales-García) FEATURES OF POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND QUALITY OF CACTACEAE FRUITS FROM BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST (S.M. Silva, D.M. Brito Primo, L.B.V. Torres, L.P. Martins, A.B. Lima, F.V.G. Silva) BALSAMIC TYPE VINEGAR FROM COLORED ECOTYPES OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) (C. Prieto, C. Sáenz, P. Silva, E. Loyola) BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN TOPPINGS FROM COLORED CACTUS PEAR CULTIVATED IN CHILE (M. Morales, C. Sáenz, P. Robert) BIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY CHANGES DURING REFRIGERATED STORAGE OF YELLOW WITHOUT SPINES CACTUS PEARS (M.A. Nazareno, Y. Coria Cayupán, G. Targa, J. Ochoa) CHANGES IN COLOR AND BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS DURING MATURATION OF CACTUS PEAR FRUITS FROM CURIMATAÚ MICRO REGION, PARAIBA STATE, BRAZIL (L.B.V. Torres, S.M. Silva, M.F. Lopes, L.P. Martins, J.X. Almeida Neto, D.M. Brito Primo, M.G.S. Andrade, O.P.R. Silva) CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PULP AND FLOUR OF FACHEIRO (E.E. Lima, R.M.F. Figueirêdo, A.J.M. Queiroz, A.S. Silva) FRUIT CHARACTERIZATION OF A SELENICEREUS C.F. SETACEUS NATIVE FROM BREJO MICRO REGION, PARAIBA STATE, BRAZIL (L.B.V. Torres, S.M. Silva, L.P. Felix) HYGROSCOPIC FEATURES OF CEREUS SQUAMOSUS FLOUR (E.E. Lima, R.M.F. Figueirêdo, A.J.M. Queiroz, A.S. Silva) MODELING OF TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY EFFECT ON RESPIRATION RATE OF NOPALITOS (J.C. Guevara, L. Cedeño, E.M. Yahia, R.M. Beaudry) POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CACTUS PEAR FRUITS STORED UNDER MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE AND REFRIGERATION (D.M. Brito Primo, L.P. Martins, A.B. Lima, S.M. Silva, J.A. Barbosa) PULP COLOR CHANGES DURING STORAGE OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT COATED WITH YAM STARCH (S.M. Silva, M.F. Lopes, D.M. Brito Primo, L.B.V. Torres) QUALITY OF PLATED CEREUS (CEREUS JAMACARU D.C.) FRUIT HARVESTED IN DIFFERENT MATURITY STAGES (L.B.V. Torres, D.M. Brito Primo, M.G.S. Andrade, S.M. Silva, M.F. Lopes) COMPARISON OF CHINESE AND AMERICAN CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA CACTI) IN INDUCTION OF ROS AND GROWTH INHIBITION IN BLADDER CANCER CELLS (J. Magloire Feugang, Huaguang Liu, Qiuyu Liang, Changping Zou, Yalai Bai, Qian Wu, Changping Zou, D. Zou, J. Lin) ANTIOXIDATIVE EFFECTS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L).) MILL. FRUITS FROM SICILY AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF BETALAIN COMPONENTS IN HEALTHY HUMANS (M.A. Livrea, L. Tesoriere) STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CACTUS PEAR DISEASES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (W.J. Swart) BIO-ECOLOGY OF SAP BEETLES (NITIDULIDAE), A NEW DOUBLE IMPACT PEST ON CACTUS PEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA (S. Louw, J.V. Parau, J.C. Olevano) CONTROL OF DIASPIS ECHINOCACTI (BOUCHÉ, 1833) (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) IN PRICKLY-PEAR (F. de Souza Born, M.J. Cerqueira de Araújo, H. Monaísy Alencar Lima, V. de Melo Rodrigues, S.M. Forti Broglio-Micheletti, R.C. Prédes Trindade, E.E. Pinto de Lemos, D.M. Passos da Silva) USE OF BOTANICALS EXTRACTS TO CONTROL WILD COCHINEAL (DACTYLOPIUS OPUNTIAE COCKERELL) ON CACTUS PEAR (A.L. Vigueras, J. Cibrían-Tovar, C. Pelayo-Ortiz) BIOGEOGRAPHY OF DACTYLOPIIDAE AND HUMAN FACTOR (L. Portillo) STUDY OF CONDITIONS FOR COTTON DYEING WITH COCHINEAL (G. Arroyo Figueroa, L. Vargas Rodríguez, G. González Sánchez) IN VITRO CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE OF THE CEREUS PERUVIANUS MILL. (CACTACEAE) FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY: CURRENT STATUS (C. Aparecida Mangolin, S. Aparecida de Oliveira Collet, A. José Braz de Oliveira, R. Aparecida Correia Gonçalves, M. de Fátima P.S. Machado) BIOLISTIC-MEDIATED GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF PRICKLY-PEAR CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA MILL.) (A.R.R. Cruz, E.L. Soares, F.A.P. Campos, F.J.L. Aragão) EFFECT OF APICAL DOMINANCE ABSENCES ON IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF NOPALEA COCHENILLIFERA CV. IPA SERTÂNIA (L.M. Houllou-Kido, A.F. Costa, M.A. Lira, I. Farias, D.C. Santos, K.S. Silva, R. Rivas, A.L.F. Dias) EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE GIBBERELLIC ACID AND 2, 4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID ON VEGETATIVE INDUCTION IN CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILLER.) (A. Rabhi) EVALUATION OF CACTUS PEAR SPECIES FOR JELLY PROCESSING (E.M. Beltrão Filho, R.G. Costa, J.K.P. Rocha, R.C.R.E. Queiroga, N.M. Santos, M.O. Maia) FLOWER DEVELOPMENT AND HEAT REQUIREMENT OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (MILL.) L.) CV. GIALLA GROWING UNDER TUNISIAN CONDITIONS (M.K. Aounallah, A. Sahli, H. Mehri, T. Bettaib, A. Jebari, T. Tissaoui, H. Ben Salem) ISOLATION OF LECTIN FROM OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA CLADODES (G.M.S. Santana, L.P. Albuquerque, D.A. Simões, L.C.B.B. Coelho, P.M.G. Paiva, N.B. Gusmão) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE TUNISIAN COLLECTIONS OF CACTUS (H. Snoussi Trifa, M. Labra, H. Ben Salem) PROTEASE INHIBITORS PRESENT IN OPUNTIA SPP. (J.A. Torres Castillo, K. Varela Martínez, A. Blanco-Labra, C. Mondragón Jacobo) RESISTANCE OF IN VITRO GROWN FORAGE CACTUS CLONES TO DACTYLOPIUS OPUNTIAE (HEMIPTERA: DACTYLOPIIDAE) (D.M. Passos da Silva, L.M. Houllou-Kido, D. Cordeiro dos Santos, R. Gonçalves Ferreira, V. Felipe dos Santos, W. Melo Ferreira, M. Silva de Lima, H. Marinho Falcão, F. de Sena Tabosa) ROOTING OF ONE YEAR AND SECOND YEAR OLD CLADODES OF CACTUS PEAR (M. Arba) VIABILITY OF NOPALEA COCHENILIFERA (CV. IPA SERTÂNIA) PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC MICROPROPAGATION (L.M. Houllou-Kido, A.F. Costa, M.A. Lira, I. Farias, D.C. Santos, K.S. Silva, R. Rivas, A.L.F. Dias, G.D. Alves) RECENT ADVANCES ON THE POTENTIAL USE OF OPUNTIA SPP. IN LIVESTOCK FEEDING (H. Ben Salem, S. Abidi) CACTUS FORAGE AND SEMI-ARID SUSTAINABILITY (M. de Andrade Lira, I. Farias, D. Cordeiro, J.C.B. Dubeux Jr., A. Carneiro Leão de Mello, M.V. Ferreira dos Santos) POTENTIAL GLOBAL ADAPTIVITY OF SPINELLES, PROGENY OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA 1281 X O. LINDHEIMERII 1250 AS FORAGE CULTIVARS ADAPTED TO USDA COLD HARDINESS ZONES 7 AND 8 (P. Felker , R.A. Bunch, D.M. Borchert, J.C. Guevara) CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF SHEEP SUPPLEMENTED WITH PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (OPUNTIA SPP.) AND MEZQUITE (PROSSOPIS SPP.) (J. Fuentes Rodriguez, M. Murillo Soto, M. Torres Hernandez, M.E. Murillo Soto, Juan J. Lopez Gonzalez, K. Rodríguez Duran, B. Ortiz de la Rosa) EFFECT OF FRUIT MATURATION STAGE AND SUBSTRATE IN THE GERMINATION OF OPUNTIA DILLENII (CACTACEAE) SEEDS (C. Firmino de Azevedo, R. de Lucena Alcântara Bruno, E. Pereira Gonçalves) POTENTIAL USE OF SPINELESS CACTUS CLADODES AS A SOURCE OF SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES AND WATER FOR SHEEP ON ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA FOLIAGE (S. Abidi, H. Ben Salem) PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF SHEEP SUPPLEMENTED WITH PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (OPUNTIA SPP.) AND MEZQUITE (PROSSOPIS SPP.) (J. Fuentes Rodriguez, M. Murillo Soto, M. Torres Hernandez, K. Rodríguez Duran, M.E. Murillo Soto, J.J. Lopez Gonzalez, B. Ortiz de la Rosa) CACTI: A KEY-STONE CROP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARGINAL LANDS AND TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (A. Nefzaoui, M. El Mourid) TRANSPIRATION, STEM CONDUCTANCE AND CO2 EXCHANGE OF HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS (A. PITAHAYA) (J. Ben-Asher, Y. Mizrahi, P.S. Nobel) CACTUS ROOTS: DEPTH AND SENSITIVITY TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES (P.S. Nobel) MINERAL NUTRITION OF CACTUS FOR FORAGE AND FRUITS (P. Felker, R.A. Bunch) ADAPTATION POTENTIAL OF CACTUS PEAR TO SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE SEMI-ARID IN PARAÍBA STATE, BRAZIL (A. Torres Sales, A. Pereira de Andrade, D. Soares da Silva, M.L. de Mello Vieira Leite, B. Leal Viana, M.J. de León, A.M. Solís) MORTALITY INDEX OF FORAGE CACTUS IN THE SEMIARID OF PARAIBA STATE - BRAZIL (A. Torres Sales, A. Pereira de Andrade, M.L. de Mello Vieira Leite, D. Soares da Silva, B. Leal Viana, E. Gonçalves dos Santos) CACTUS PEAR OFF-SEASON PRODUCTION A TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR MEXICAN GROWERS AFTER MARKET GLOBALIZATION (C. Mondragón-Jacobo, C. Gallegos-Vázquez, J.C. Martinez-Gonzalez) CACTUS PRODUCTION IN YEMEN FROM NEGLECTED TO A CASH CROP (M. Al-Nusairi, I. Muharram, P. Felker) SOLUBILITY OF DISPERSIONS OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L. Iturriaga, S. Sánchez, M. Corvalán) STUDY OF THE STABILITY AT COALESCENCE IN MUCILAGE EMULSIONS (L. Iturriaga, C. Quinzio, M. Corvalan, B. Mishima)