Cacti : biology and uses /

The Cactaceae family, with about sixteen hundred species, is cultivated worldwide for fruits, forage, fodder, and even as a vegetable. Cacti are recognized for their attractive flowers, special stem shapes, and ability to tolerate drought. Because of their efficient use of water and other adaptation...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Nobel, Park S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evolution and systematics / Robert S. Wallace and Arthur C. Gibson
  • Shoot anatomy and morphology / Teresa Terrazas Salgado and James D. Mauseth
  • Root structure and function / Joseph G. Dubrovsky and Gretchen B. North
  • Environmental biology / Park S. Nobel and Edward G. Bobich
  • Reproductive biology / Eulogio Pimienta-Barrios and Rafael F. del Castillo
  • Population and community ecology / Alfonso Valiente-Banuet and Héctor Godínez-Alvarez
  • Consumption of Platyopuntias by wild vertebrates / Eric Mellink and Mónica E. Riojas-López
  • Biodiversity and conservation / Thomas H. Boyle and Edward F. Anderson
  • Mesoamerican domestication and diffusion / Alejandro Casas and Giuseppe Barbera
  • Cactus pear fruit production / Paolo Inglese, Filadelfio Basile and Mario Schirra
  • Fruits of vine and columnar cacti / Avinoam Nerd, Noemi Tel-Zur and Yosef Mizrahi
  • Forage, fodder, and animal nutrition / Ali Nefzaoui and Hichem Ben Salem
  • Nopalitos, mucilage, fiber, and cochineal / Carmen Sáenz-Hernández, Joel Corrales-Garcia and Gildardo Aquino-Pérez
  • Insect pests and diseases / Helmuth G. Zimmermann and Giovanni Granata
  • Breeding and biotechnology / Brad Chapman [and others].