Annals of Botany, Vol. 95, No. 2 (January 2005), pp. 363-369 (7 pages) • Background and Aims Drought damages cultivated C₃, C₄ and CAM plants in the semi-arid lands of central Mexico. Drought damage ...
Diurnal changes in chlorophyll a fluorescence were determined in four species, differing in life form, in Portugal during the summer of 1989. These included Opuntia ficus-indica, a CAM plant, and ...
Foodscaping isn't just about aesthetics and productivity, as it has several other advantages going for it. From increasing ...
If the first plants you think of when you hear "cactus" are those immense, multi-branched Saguaro cactuses (Carnegiea gigantea) so frequently featured in cowboy movies, you should know there are over ...
Many Mexican communities have drinking water laced with unsafe levels of arsenic and unappealing amounts of sand and other solids. To make the water cleaner, Norma Alcantar, a chemical engineer at the ...
Question: I recently bought my first home in Santa Rosa. The backyard has a prickly pear cactus that’s about 6 feet tall. Since it’s the first time I’ve owned one, can you share information about it ...
Global warming, drought and plant disease pose a growing threat to agriculture in Italy’s arid south, but a start-up founded by a former telecoms manager believes it has found a solution: Opuntia ...