Prickly pears (genus Opuntia) include a number of plant species that were introduced and have become invasive in Australia. Prickly pears (mostly Opuntia...

(British Virgin Islands), the name of an island Prickly pears in Australia, an invasive plant problem Prickly Pears (film), a 1981 Italian comedy film This disambiguation...

Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and...

Cactoblastis cactorum in controlling prickly pears in Australia led to the hope that the cane toad would perform a similar function. In June 1935, 102 cane...

southern United States and northern Mexico. Bahamian dry forests Prickly pears in Australia Durán, R.; Gómez-Hinostrosa, C.; Hernández, H.M.; Tapia, J.L.;...

of two moths, Cactoblastis cactorum and Tucumania tapiacola. Prickly pears in Australia Oakley, L.; Pin, A. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]...

fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout...

monacantha, commonly known as drooping prickly pear, cochineal prickly pear, or Barbary fig, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae native to South...

species on the mainland. Australia is also vulnerable to invasive weeds. Controlling the invasion of prickly pears in Australia is one of the success stories...

This is a list of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about...

species, known commonly as prickly pears, were first brought to Australia in an attempt to start a cochineal dye industry in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip...

Nopal is a common name in Spanish for Opuntia cacti (commonly referred to in English as prickly pear or tender cactus), as well as for its pads. The name...

Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire)...

without being formed into a structured fence. Prickly pears (mostly Opuntia stricta) were imported into Australia in the 19th century for use as a natural agricultural...

Significance (WONS) was created in 1999 and updated in 2012 and now has 32 taxa. Not just the prickly pear: Hudson's Pears - Cylindropuntia tunicata and...

Several invasive nonnative plants are found in the park including African olive, prickly pear, tiger pear and mother of millions. 19 species of mammals...

Dactylopius opuntiae, also known as the prickly pear cochineal, is a species of scale insect in the family Dactylopiidae. Dactylopius opuntiae was first...

defined by Grainger as "smooth", "grained" and "prickly". Grainger was a musical democrat; he believed that in a performance each player's role should be of...

1951) was an Australian biologist and parasitologist. He championed the efforts to eradicate the invasive prickly pear. Johnston was born in 1881 at Balmain...

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ISBN 0-395-83806-1. Media, BioAge. "Green Car Congress: Prickly Pears and Tree Tobacco for Ethanol Production in Semi-Arid Regions". www.greencarcongress.com. Retrieved...

in 1911. Along with O. stricta,O. bentonii was one of the pest pears of Australia in the early Twentieth Century. Like so many Opuntia species, O. bentonii...

years. In the Negev, there is evidence to suggest agriculture as far back as 5000 BC. Today, the Imperial Valley in southern California, Australia, Saudi...

myriocarpus, the gooseberry cucumber, gooseberry gourd, paddy melon, Mallee Pear or prickly paddy melon, is a prostrate or climbing annual herb native to tropical...

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editor of the union's journal, Emu, from 1924 to 1925. In 1920 the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board was formed with the purpose of finding a way to control...

displayed at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City Dissected pitaya List of culinary fruits Opuntia – prickly pear cacti with edible "cactus figs" or tunas...

occurred in Queensland in the early twentieth century when emus fed on the fruit of prickly pears in the outback. They defecated the seeds in various places...

Lantana camara (lantana) Leucanthemum vulgare (ox-eye daisy) Opuntia spp. (prickly pear) Solanum mauritianum (wild tobacco) Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle)...

Opuntia rufida is a species of prickly pear cactus native to southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows on rocky slopes. The species makes...