COMMERCIAL CACTUS PEAR PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: A FARMER’S PERSPECTIVE - T. Unterpertinger
 
Consolata Estate, Haenertsburg 0730, South Africa

CACTUS IN SOUTHERN TIGRAY: CURRENT STATUS, UTILIZATION AND THREAT - L. Habtu1 & M. Fetene2

¹Tigray Food Security Office, Mekelle, Ethiopia
2 Addis Ababa University, Department of Biology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

HOLISTIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN CACTUS PEAR ORCHARDS IN SOUTH AFRICA - W. J. Swart

New Crop Pathology Programme (NCPP), Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

SAP BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE), A POTENTIAL NEW DUAL-IMPACT PEST ON CACTUS PEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA - S. vdM. Louw &  J. V. Parau

Insects on New Crops Programme (INCroP), Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CACTUS PEAR PATHOGENS USING YEASTS - G. Tarekegn, Barbara K. Mashope & W. J. Swart

Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PESTS AND DISEASES OCCURRING ON CACTUS PEAR - W. J. Swart1 & S. vdM. Louw2

1New Crop Pathology Programme and 2Insects on New Crops Programme, Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND DROSOPHILA SPECIES - V. R. Swart, W. J. Swart  & S. vdM. Louw

Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300

THE PATHOGENICITY OF FUNGI ISOLATED FROM CACTUS PEARS - M. T. Tesfaendrias, G. Tarekegn & W. J. Swart

Centre for Plant Health Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

USE OF TWO SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS FOR GENOTYPING SOUTH AFRICAN CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) VARIETIES USING AFLP MARKERS - Barbara K. Mashope, Liezel Herselman & Maryke T. Labuschagne

Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP) GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN LIMPOPO PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA - J. Potgieter1 & Barbara Mashope2

1Department of Agriculture, Polokwane 0700, South Africa 2Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

OIL CONTENT AND FATTY ACID VARIATION IN SEED OF COMMERCIAL CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS - INDICA) IN SOUTH AFRICA - Maryke T. Labuschagne1, A. Hugo2 & B. I. Choane1

1Department of Plant Sciences and 2Department of Microbial, Biochemical & Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF OPUNTIA IN CONNECTION WITH ITS DOMESTICATION IN THE MERIDIONAL HIGHLANDS PLATEAU OF MEXICO - J. A. Reyes-Agüero1, J. R. A. Rivera1 & J. L. F. Flores2

1Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Altair 200, Fracc. del Llano, San Luis Potosí, S. L. P. México. 78377  2Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a sección San Luis Potosí, S. L. P. México. 78216

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF OPUNTIA IN MEXICO - J. A. Reyes-Agüero &  J. R. A. Rivera

Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Altair 200, Fracc. del Llano, San Luis Potosí, S. L. P. México 78377

FOOD QUALITY PARAMETERS OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT - G. Osthoff1 & Maryke T. Labuschagne2

1Department of Microbial, Biochemical & Food Biotechnology and 2Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

POSTHARVEST HANDLING AND MARKETING OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA - W. Bihon

Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

INDIGENEOUS  KNOWLEDGE OF CACTUS PEAR PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION SYSTEMS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA - T. Alemseged

Cactus Production and Processing Initiative (CPPI) Tigray, Ethiopia

A PERSPECTIVE ON THE WET FAECES PRODUCED BY DRIED AND COARSELY GROUND OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA CLADODES IN SHEEP DIETS -      H. O. de Waal, D. C. Zeeman & W. J. Combrinck

Department of Animal, Wildlife & Grassland Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND FERMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS OF PRICKLY PEAR SILAGE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DRY MATTER - H. Mciteka1, H. J. van der Merwe2  & P. G. Marais3

1ARC, Middelburg (EC) 5900, South Africa 2Department of Animal, Wildlife & Grassland Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3Grootfontein ADI, Middelburg (EC) 5900, South Africa

INTRODUCING THE CARMINE COCHINEAL, DACTYLOPIUS COCCUS COSTA, TO CACTUS PEAR PLANTATIONS IN TIGRAY, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA -  T. Belay1 & H. G. Zimmermann2
  
1Department of Dry Land Crops & Horticultural Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia 2 Helmuth Zimmermann & Associates, Faerie Glen, Pretoria 0043, South Africa

VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH RESPONSES OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA TO TREATMENT WITH NATURAL BIO-STIMULANTS - R. A. Buitendag, J. C. Pretorius & L. D. van Rensburg

Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa