Learn how to propagate a prickly pear cactus in your own yard. Over the centuries–in the course of adapting to harsh soil and climatic conditions–prickly pears (Opuntia) have developed the ability to ...

Opuntia cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is valued both as a food and as a source of health-promoting phytochemicals. The fruit pulp, peel, seeds and cladodes are rich in a diverse array of ...

To control and curtail the spread of opuntia that is wiping away grazing lands and harming livestock in Northern Kenya, an organisation has decided to harness its highly nutritive qualities. The ...

Could cactus pear become a major crop like soybeans and corn in the near future, and help provide a biofuel source, as well as a sustainable food and forage crop? According to a recently published ...

This new review explores how prickly pear fruit may act on oxidative stress, inflammation, insulin resistance, and lipid metabolism, while also making clear that promising biological effects still ...

DR. ERNST'S abnormal fruit of Opuntia, as figured at p. 77, appears to be similar to one described and illustrated by Zuccarini (Abhandl. d. math. phys. Class., B. iv ...