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P. 3
SESSION 2: Fruit Production: Ecophysiology, Orchard and fruit management
Chair: G. Granata
15:00‐15:30 Invited speaker
G. Liguori – Università degli Studi di Palermo
Cactus pear fruit production: ecophysiology, orchard and fruit management
15:30‐15:50 R. Faedda, L. Salafia, A. Pane, S. O. Cacciola, F. Sinatra, G. Granata
Penicillium polonicum causing fruit rot on cactus pear in Italy
15:50‐16:10 S. D’Aquino, P. Inglese, M. Schirra
Postharvest decay management of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus‐indica) fruit
16:10‐16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30‐16:50 R. Lima Dantas, S. de Melo Silva, D. M. de Brito Primo, E. Souza de Brito, E. M. Siqueira de Macedo
Changes during maturation of betalain content and antioxidant activity of Opuntia stricta (Haw.) fruits
16:50‐17:10 N. Tel‐Zur
R & D of pitahayas – dragonfruit – vine cacti: Limitations and challenges and the current global market
17:10‐17:30 Mohamed Arba, Roger Paul, Redouane Choukrallah, André Falisse, Marianne Sindic
Effect of NP fertilizing on fruit yield and fruit quality of cactus pear
17:30‐17:50 J. A. Zegbe, A. Serna‐Pérez, J. Mena‐Covarrubias
Irrigation enhances postharvest performance of ‘Cristalina’ cactus pear
Tuesday 29 October
SESSION 3: Forage production and utilization
Chair: A. Nefzaoui
08:30‐09:00 Invited speakers
J. C. Dubeux ‐ Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
Forage potential of cacti on drylands
09:00‐09:30 H. Ben Salem ‐ Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Tunisia
Merits of cactus in enhancing livestock productivity in different production systems
09:30‐09:50 I. Yousfi and H. Ben Salem
Morphological and nutritional characteristics of the cladodes of five species and cultivars of spiny cactus
growing in Tunisia
09:50‐10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:20‐10:40 G. Lima, J. G. Silva, M. Rego, E. Aguiar, F. Guedes, F. Dantas, G. Silva, R. Lobo
Effect of different cutting intensities on morphological characteristics and productivity of irrigated Opuntia
and Nopalea forage cacti
10:40‐11:00 H.O. de Waal, W.J. Combrinck and H. J. Fouche
Preserving mashed cactus pear (Opuntia ficus‐indica) fruit with wheat straw, maize hay or lucerne hay
