2001 Professional Association 
for Cactus Development Journal

Table of Contents

Fruit Characterization and Economics

Cactus-Pear Juices (3)
Carmen Sáenz and Elena Sepúlveda

Cactaceas de la Argentina Promisorias Agronomicamente (11)
Roberto Kiesling

An Economic Analysis of Dryland Fruit Production of Opuntia ficus-Indica in Santiago del Estero, Argentina (20)
Peter Felker and Juan Carlos Guevara

Economic Aspects of Italian Cactus Pear Production and Market (31)
Filadelfio Basile

Breeding and Genetic Improvement

Verification of the Apomictic Origin of Cactus Pear (Opuntia spp Cactaceae) Seedlings of Open Pollinated and Crosses from Central Mexico (49)
Candelario Mondragon Jacobo

Genome Characterization of Opuntia ficus-indica: A Simple and Efficient Micromethod (57)
Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt, Luciana Coe Girão, Rómulo M. Llamoca-Zárate,and Francisco A.P. Campos

Studies on the Induction of Embryogenic Globular Structures in Opuntia ficus-indica   (66)
Samantha Pinheiro da Costa, Arlete A. Soares, Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt

Pests and Diseases

Coccoidea (Insecta: Hemiptera) Associated With Cactaceae in Argentina (77)
Lucía E. Claps and María E. de Haro

Nematodes as a Possible Cause of Damage to Opuntia ficus-indica in the Province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina  (84)
Marcelo E. Doucet, Sebastian Weht, and Peter Felker

Agronomic and Environmental Influences

Efecto de bioabono sobre el área fotosintéticamente activa, producción de cladodios y eficiencia de recuperación de N en un cultivo de tuna (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) en el primer año post-plantación  (93)
Effect of Biofertilizer Over Photosynthetically Active Area, Cladode Production,
and Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency in a Cactus-Pear Crop (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) on the First Year After Plantation
Víctor García de Cortázar, María Teresa Varnero, and Mauricio Espinosa

Freezing Tolerance of Opuntia spp. (105)
Ricardo David Valdez-Cepeda, Fidel Blanco-Macías,
Clemente Gallegos-Vázquez,
Gilberto E. Salinas-García, and Rigoberto E. Vázquez-Alvarado

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