Para identificar el agente causal de la costra negra del nopal (<em>Opuntia ficus-indica</em>) se aislaron e identificaron morfológicamente los hongos asociados a enfermedad. El estudio realizó partir cladodios con síntomas característicos enfermedad colectados en localidad Santa Cecilia Clavijero, municipio San Juan Ixcaquixtla, Puebla. Los como: <em>Cladosporium</em> &...

Abstract Opuntia ficus - indica (OFI), widely recognized as prickly pear, is a native species from Mexico, being also distributed in many other geographical regions worldwide. OFI plant with numerous beneficial properties, provide that it source of dietary fibres, vitamins and bioactive compounds anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic antimicrobial properties. Various parts this including the fruit pu...

Mucilage of Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) was extracted and characterized by its composition and molecular weight distribution. Mucilage film-forming dispersions were prepared under different pHs (3, 4, 5.6, 7, and 8) and calcium concentration (0% and 30% of CaCl(2), with respect to mucilage's weight), and their particle size determined. Mucilage films with and without calcium (MFCa and MF, respec...

The cactus Opuntia ficus-indica is a constitutive Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species. Current knowledge of CAM metabolism suggests that the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase (PPCK) is circadian regulated at the transcriptional level, whereas phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME), and pyruvate phosphate dikinase (PPDK)...

While plants are typically supposed to restrict the performance of radio frequency transceiver systems, they can act as efficient biogenic elements control. A high fraction water inside vegetation gives rise multiple electromagnetic Mie resonances, originating from interplaying a naturally permittivity and form factor. Opuntia ficus-indica, known nopal cactus, is representative example whose su...

Türkiye sahip olduğu ekolojik özellikleri sebebiyle birçok bitki türüne ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Bununla birlikte Türkiye’nin farklı iklimsel özelliklere olan bölgelerinde yeni meyve türlerinin adaptasyon çalışmaları her geçen gün artmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı Akdeniz Bölgesine adapte edilen Mango (Mangifera indica L.), beyaz (Hylocereus undatus Britton & Rose) ve kırmızı pitaya lemaire...

The organ-specific accumulation, spatial distribution, and chemical speciation of selenium (Se) were previously unknown for any species of cactus. We investigated Se in Opuntia ficus-indica using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, microfocused x-ray fluorescence elemental and chemical mapping (μXRF), Se K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, and liquid chro...

Several taxa of Cactaceae are endangered by overcollection for commercial purposes, and most of the family is included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES). Micropropagation may play a key role to keep the pressure off wild populations and contribute to ex situ conservation of endangered taxa. One of the limits of micropropagation is the spec...