Morphological and Productive Characterization of Forage Cactus Varieties

Amorim, Philipe Lima de; Martuscello, Janaína Azevedo; Filho, José Teodórico de Araújo; Cunha, Daniel de Noronha Figueiredo Vieira da; Jank, Liana

doi:10.1590/1983-21252015v28n326rc

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“…This fact is closely related to the growth habit of the species gender Nopalea spp., since they have open growth habit favoring the formation of areolas, or axillary buds, allowing the emergence of new cladodes, not only in cladodes apex mother as well as at their side edges (Amorim et al, 2015).…”

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Morphology and biomass yield of forage cactus under mineral fertilization in organic soil

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Matos²,

Borges³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Morphology and biomass yield of forage cactus under mineral fertilization in organic soil

Silva¹,

Matos²,

Borges³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…cv. Miúda/Doce has increased by several factors such as resistance to pests, diseases and drought, besides being easy to manage (Amorim, Martuscello, Araújo Filho, Cunha, & Jank, 2015). However, there are few researches with varieties of the genus Nopalea.…”

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<b><i>Nopalea</i> cactus pear fertilized with nitrogen: morphometric, productive and nutritional characteristics

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et al. 2018

Acta Sci. Anim. Sci.

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This study aimed to evaluate the structural, productive and nutritional characteristics of cactus pear (Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck. cv. Miúda/Doce) under five nitrogen doses and two planting orientations. A randomized block design in a 5 x 2 factorial scheme was used in the scheme: five nitrogen doses (0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 kg of N ha-1), and two planting orientations (North/South and East/West), with three replicates. Except for the thickness of the secondary (p = 0.04) and tertiary cladodes (p = 0.02), the morphometric characteristics of the cactus pear were not influenced by the nitrogen doses (p > 0.05). The mean height was 120 cm, the areas of the primary, secondary and tertiary cladodium were 160.9; 208 and 158.4 cm², respectively. The application of nitrogen fertilizer, in the dry conditions and doses evaluated, did not affect the production of green matter (PGM, p = 0.56), dry matter (PDM, p = 0.74) and dry matter content (DM, p = 0.72), with averages of 276 t ha-1, 43.2 t ha-1 and 15.7%, respectively. The increase of the nitrogen doses does not improve the majority of the morphometric characteristics or the dry matter yield of the cactus pear cv. Miúda at 730 days after planting.

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“…Evaluating these results practically, it may be inferred that the cultivation of cactus genotypes that produce higher quantities of cladodes may facilitate an increase in cultivation areas, as cacti can be propagated vegetatively. In this system, plantations are filled with clones of the original plants (Amorim et al, 2015;Gebreegziabher & Tsegay, 2015).…”

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“…Barbosa et al (2018) evaluated the morphological characteristics of three cactus pear genotypes (IPA Sertânia, Miúda, and Orelha de Elefante Mexicana) and found that the growth characteristics (plant height and plant width) were strongly or very strongly positively correlated with the morphological characteristics of the cladodes (basal cladode length, cladode width, cladode thickness, cladode perimeter, and cladode area), contributing to the development of the plant as a whole. Amorim, Martuscello, Araújo Filho, Cunha, and Jank (2015) evaluated the agronomic characteristics of 24 varieties of cactus pear and verified that the agronomic and morphological characteristics (plant height, plant width, cladode area, and total number of cladodes) were positively correlated with cactus pear mass.…”

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Forage yield and morphological traits of cactus pear genotypes

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the forage yield and morphological responses of 34 cactus pear (Nopalea cochenillifera and Opuntia ficus indica) genotypes. The genotypes were planted in a randomized complete block design, with 34 treatments and three replicates. After 330 days of cultivation, morphological characteristics, plant mortality and pest and disease occurrence on the plants were assessed, and plant cutting was performed. Multivariate analyses were performed to assign the 34 cactus genotypes to homogenous groups. The average Euclidian distance was adopted as a dissimilarity measurement for use with the standardized data Variables with relatively high levels of independence among the agronomic categories and with biological importance to animal nutrition and forage yield were assessed. To identify associative effects, Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed among all the studied variables. The formation of five distinct groups was observed, and some morphological responses correlated with the productivity characteristics. Green mass production was positively correlated with dry mass production, water accumulation, water-use efficiency, water accumulation and cladode number per plant. The following genotypes had remarkably high yields of dry and green mass, a greater ability to accumulate water and relatively high water-use efficiency and support capacity: Negro Michoacan (V07), Tamazunchale (V12), California (V14), Orelha de Elefante Mexicana (V17), and Amarillo 2289 (T32).

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Morphological and Productive Characterization of Forage Cactus Varieties

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Morphology and biomass yield of forage cactus under mineral fertilization in organic soil

Morphology and biomass yield of forage cactus under mineral fertilization in organic soil

<b><i>Nopalea</i> cactus pear fertilized with nitrogen: morphometric, productive and nutritional characteristics

Forage yield and morphological traits of cactus pear genotypes

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