The New Agricultural-horticultural Opuntias
Author : Luther Burbank
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Cactus
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Author : Luther Burbank
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Cactus
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Page : pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251047057
Opuntias are multipurpose plants that are increasingly being used in agricultural systems in arid and semi-arid areas. Due to its high water-use efficiency, it is particularly useful as forage in times of drought and in areas where few other crops can grow, and it is now considered a key component for the productivity and sustainability of these regions. This publication presents current scientific and practical information on the use of the cactus Opuntia as forage for livestock.
Author : Luther Burbank (Firm)
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,51 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Cactus
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Author : Luther Burbank
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Cactus
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Page : pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1045 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030784444
The Opuntia fruits, commonly known as cactus pears or prickly pears, have been suggested by the Food and Agriculture Organization to be a promising and strategic crop in regions suffering from lack of water. In Mexico, India, South Africa, and the Mediterranean, the Opuntia fruits have become popular due to their nutritive value and health-promoting benefits, including antioxidant, antiulcerogenic and antiatherogenic traits and protective effects against LDL oxidation. Additionally, readily absorbable sugars, high vitamin C and mineral content, and a pleasant flavour make Opuntia tailor-made for novel foods. Due to their ecological advantages, high functional value, and health-related traits, Opuntia fruits can be highly exploited in different food processing applications. For instance, Opuntia cactus fruits are used for the preparation of juices and marmalades; Opuntia cactus plants are used to feed animals in African and Latin American countries; Peruvian farmers cultivate Opuntia cactus for growing the cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) insect and producing the natural dye carmine; and the commercial production of food and non-food products from Opuntia has been established in Mexico, USA and several Mediterranean countries. Opuntia spp.: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Industrial Applications creates a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on Opuntia cactus with special emphasis on its horticulture, post-harvest, marketability, chemistry, functionality, health-promoting properties, technology and processing. The text includes detailed discussion of the impact of traditional and innovative processing on the recovery of high-added value compounds from Opuntia spp. by-products. Later chapters explore the potential applications of Opuntia spp. in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
Author : Roy Wiersma
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1438903537
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Page : pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Jane S. Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1101046228
The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century America At no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods, in particular, have become both pervasive and suspect. A century ago, however, Luther Burbank's blight-resistant potatoes, white blackberries, and plumcots-a plum-apricot hybrid-were celebrated as triumphs in the best tradition of American ingenuity and perseverance. In his experimental grounds in Santa Rosa, California, Burbank bred and cross-bred edible and ornamental plants-for both home gardens and commercial farms-until they were bigger, hardier, more beautiful, and more productive than ever before. A fascinating portrait of an American original, The Garden of Invention is also a colorful and engrossing tale of the intersection of gardening, science and business in the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression.