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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

White-Haney, was a botanist in Queensland, Australia. She was officer-in-charge of the Queensland Board of Advice on Prickly Pear Destruction and helped develop...

giant saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) Prickly pears and chollas (Opuntia): Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) Teddy bear...

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

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...

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

The fifteenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 7 May 2023 on Network 10 and concluded on 16 July 2023. The...

in other places such as Australia, it has gained favor for its role in the biological control of cacti from the genus Opuntia, such as prickly pear....

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...

The Prickly Pear. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Mock v Garland, October 2, 2023. R. Blake Brown (2012). Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada...

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...

The fourteenth series of the Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 18 April 2022 on Network 10. The format for this season is...

of prickly pears. Oak Park State School opened on 13 February 1946. It closed in 1962. Wambo Creek State School opened on 2 April 1946. It closed in 1961...