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Screening for Cold Tolerant Cactus Species (Opuntia ficus-indica) for West Asia Region

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Title Screening for Cold Tolerant Cactus Species (Opuntia ficus-indica) for West Asia Region
 
Creator Louhaichi, Mounir
 
Contributor Hassan, Sawsan
Ates, Serkan
Nefzaoui, Ali
 
Subject agropastoral
 
Description The identification of the cold tolerant Opuntia species to increase their
cultivation in West Asia region where the cold winter conditions limit their
adaptation is the primary yet the most critical step. The International Center for
Agricultural Reserach in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) imported a total of 40 accessions
of Opuntia ficus-indica from various regions of Latin America, North Africa, and
Southern Europe. The mother cladodes from each accession was transplanted to the
field at Tel Hadya research station in Aleppo (Syria) either on the 10 November
2011 (fall) or on the 14 April 2012 (spring) and their pad production and survival
rates were recorded in 2012 and 2013. Significant differences in cold/freezing
tolerance and pad production among tested Opuntia ficus-indica accessions were
detected. Three accessions from the top five were those imported from Italy:
“Trunzara yellow San Cono”, “RSS Rossa San spate” and “M1 Gialla di Macomer”.
On the other hand, “CARTHA-73058” that was imported from Tunisia and “Conlea
Rubescens, Conlea-L19” from Algeria had severe tissue damages. Averaged across
the years, the accessions that were planted in spring produced 8.7 more pads
compared to those were planted in autumn indicating that spring planting provides
more conducive conditions for more successful establishment of cactus in West Asia
region.
 
Date 2016-02-01T21:30:01Z
2016-02-01T21:30:01Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/IO0AFTMM/v/8d0b94b2a1f68dadc7b76f05859650dc
Mounir Louhaichi, Sawsan Hassan, Serkan Ates, Ali Nefzaoui. (5/1/2016). Screening for Cold Tolerant Cactus Species (Opuntia ficus-indica) for West Asia Region. Palermo, Italy: Paolo Inglese (Curator).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/3550
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
 
Source Proc. VIIIth IC on Cactus Pear and Cochineal;