cladode

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cladode

[′kla‚dōd]

(botany)

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Gigante' is a large plant with good biomass yield, whereas 'Miuda' has small size, branched stem with smaller cladodes and high energetic potential (Oliveira et al.

Empirical models in the description of prickly pear shoot (Nopal) drying kinetics/Modelos empiricos na descricao da cinetica de secagem do broto da palma (Nopal)

Rearing Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on artificial diet and Opuntia cladodes.

Stable isotope markers differentiate between mass-reared and wild Lepidoptera in sterile insect technique programs

The presence or absence of spines, amount of spine per fruit and cladode, height of the plant, size and shape of cladode were some of the additional criteria used.

Efficacy of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) varieties as a source of food and feed in Endamehoni District, Northern Ethiopia

To compare the inhibitory activity present in the cladode, a series of inhibitory assays were performed using synthetic substrates as mentioned above.

Proteasas intestinales de Moneilema armatum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) alimentado con cladodios de Opuntia

is a short shrub (up to 1 m tall), with orbiculate or obovate cladodes, 10-20 cm long, 6-18 cm wide.

Reproductive Ecology of Opuntia macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert

dillenii cladodes of uniform shape and maturity were collected from Donghai Island, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China.

Antidiabetic effect of a newly identified component of Opuntia dillenii polysaccharides

ideally, we would find a white cladode, dry and badly damaged, at the site where the plant was recorded the previous year.

Population dynamics of the western prickly pear, Opuntia macrorhiza (cactaceae)

The cladodes (the cactus leaves or pads) are covered with stiff thorns, while the tuna has detachable microscopic hairs, called glochids, that can easily penetrate bare skin.

Kissing a cactus: mechanical harvesting of prickly pears

zonatus specimens were put on a yellow pitaya cladode and crushed by hand.

Report of Milichiella lacteipennis Loew (Diptera: Milichiidae), attracted to various crushed bugs (Hemiptera: Coreidae & Pentatomidae)

This predictability also extends to other desert species such as Opuntia where the fresh weights of cladodes are correlated with cladode width ([r.

Size and biomass relationships for five common Northern Chihuahuan Desert plant species. (General Notes)

Until March 2012, the clones were maintained under rainfed conditions, when plants were harvested, leaving only the basal cladode.

Association of morphological and water factors with irrigated forage cactus yield/Associacao de fatores morfologicos e hidricos com a produtividade da palma forrageira irrigada