CHARACTERIZATION OF CACTUS PEAR GERMPLASM IN SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa hosts one of the largest cactus pear germplasm collections in the world. However, not all the varieties have been fully characterised, and evaluated for fruit quality, nutritional quality for use as fodder, and disease resistance. In this study, 38 South African cactus pear (Opuntia ssp...

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Main Author: Mashope, Barbara Keitumetse
Other Authors: Dr L Herselman
Format: Others
Language:en-uk
Published: University of the Free State 2007
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Online Access:http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-11152007-073301/restricted/