Vol. 19 (2017)

Scientific Papers

• Genetic diversity in Opuntia spp. cultivated for forage production

  Giuseppina Las Casas, Nicoletta Zingale, Gaetano Distefano, Marco Caruso, Elisabetta Nicolosi, Alessandra Gentile, Stefano La Malfa

  1-10

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• Meat and milk quality of sheep and goat fed with cactus pear

  A.V. Cordova-Torres, R. G. Costa, J. T. Araújo Filho, A. N. Medeiros, H.M. Andrade-Montemayor

  11-31

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• A study on biochemical properties of different parts of three Opuntia species (Opuntia ficus-indica, O. microdasys, and O. basilaris)

  Ehya Pasandide Talemi, Shahram Sedaghathoor

  32-44

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• Physicochemical and sensory characterization of meat from Santa Ines sheep fed with cactus forage (Opuntia ficus indica mill)

  Roberto Germano Costa, Ana Gabriela P.Cordeiro, Marcone Geraldo Costa, Rita de Cassia R.E. Queiroga, Paulo Sérgio Azevedo, Geovergue Rodrigues Medeiros, Francisco F.R. Carvalho

  45-57

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• Solvent pre-treatment effect on germination of creeping devil cactus (Stenocereus eruca) seeds

  Pablo Misael Arce-Amezquita, María Antonieta Cota-Carballo, Francisco Higinio Ruiz- Espinoza, Bernardo Murillo-Amador, Felix Alfredo Beltrán-Morales

  58-66

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• Effect of salinity on seed germination, growth and metabolic activity of pitaya seedlings [Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxb.]

  Antonio Orozco, Alfonso A. Gardea, Agustín Rascón-Chu, Alfonso Sánchez

  67-78

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• Fruit number and weight depend on length, width and thickness of fruiting cladode in Opuntia albicarpa Scheinvar variety ‘Cristalina’

  Fidel Blanco-Macías, Santiago de Jesús Méndez-Gallegos, Rafael Magallanes- Quintanar, Miguel Márquez-Madrid, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Marco Andrés López-Santiago, Ricardo David Valdez-Cepeda

  79-89

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