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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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].
