2008 Proceedings of the Professional Association 
for Cactus Development

Volume 10 - 2008

Table of Contents

FULL-LENGTH RESEARCH PAPERS

Morphological Characterization of Opuntia spp.: A Multivariate Analysis
Cecilia B. Peña-Valdivia,  Mario Luna-Cavazos, José A. Carranzas-Sabas, Juan A. Reyes-Agüero and Arnoldo Flores

Rendimiento y Crecimiento de Nopalitos de Cultivares de Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) bajo Diferentes Densidades de Plantación
Yield and Growth of Green Cladodes of Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Cultivars under Different Plant Densities
Francisco Higinio Ruiz-Espinoza, Jesús Felipe Alvarado-Mendoza, Bernardo Murillo-Amador, José Luis García-Hernández, Roberto Pargas-Lara,
Juan de Dios Duarte-Osuna, F. Alfredo Beltrán-Morales, Liborio Fenech-Larios

Response to Freezing and High Temperatures of Detached Cladodes from Opuntia Species
Mariano A. Cony, Juan C. Guevara, Sinibaldo O. Trione and Oscar R. Estevez

Inclusion of Cactus Pear Cladodes in Diets for Finishing Lambs in México
Gilberto Aranda-Osorio, Claudio A. Flores-Valdez, F. Macario Cruz-Miranda

Effects of Salt Stress, Proline and Polyamines and Seed Germination of Opuntia streptacantha
 Ana E. Ochoa-Alfaro, Claudia O. Silva-Ortega, Alicia Becerra-Flora, Joel Flores-Rivas, and Juan F. Jimenez-Bremont

Morphological Seed Traits and Germination of Six Species of Pachycereeae (Cactaceae)
 Sofía Loza-Cornejo, Lauro López-Mata, and Teresa Terrazas

Thermal Process Time and Sensory Evaluation for Canned Cactus Pear Nectar
 S.K. El-Samahy, H.A El-Mansy, H. E. Bahlol, A. I. El-Desouky, and A. E. Ahmed

Physical and Physiological Changes in Low-Temperature-Stored Pitahaya Fruit (Hylocereus undatus)
 Joel Corrales-García, and Eduardo Canche-Canche

Mortar Improvement Using Nopal Additive
 J.B. Hernández-Zaragoza, A. Coronado-Márquez, T. López-Lara, and J. Horta-Rangel

Mejoramiento de Morteros a Través de Nopal
 J.B. Hernández-Zaragoza, A. Coronado-Márquez, T. López-Lara, y J. Horta-Rangel

Tissue Osmotic Potential and Membranes Permeability of Nopalitos (Oppuntia spp.) Affected by Changes in Soil Water Potential
 Mayra T. García Ruiz, Cecilia B. Peña-Valdivia, Carlos Trejo, Salvador Valle Guadarrama, Joel Corrales-García and Rodolfo García-Nava

"Opuntia dillenii" - An Interesting and Promising Cactaceae Taxon
 Hartmut Böhm

A Review of Apllied Opuntia Forage Production Technologies and Costs for Northeastern Brazil
Paulo Suassuna

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS/METHODS PAPERS

Supervivencia y Produccion de Nopal para Verdura (Opuntia ficus-indica) Utilizando Fracciones Mínimas
Survival and Sprouts of Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Using Minimal Fractions
Jaime Solano y Agustín Orihuela

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