Read more: Strawberry Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner The nopal cactus is part of the genus Opuntia, which is native to North and South America. Also called the prickly pear cactus, this genus ...

The prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is the fruit of the Opuntia cactus, also called nopal cactus. In botanical terms, the small, plump prickly pear is, in fact, a berry, measuring 2 to 5 ...

An opuntia microdasys albata, also known as angel’s wings or bunny ears, was growing at Esbenshade’s Garden Center in Lititz ...

After hundreds of trial and error experiments, the founders of Desserto Adrián and Marte figured out how to transform the opuntia cactus into a biopolymer that ...

His laboratory is also investigating the productivity and irrigation/fertilization response of highly productive CAM crops such as cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) to serve as food and feed sources and as a ...