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The alien vascular flora of Linosa (Pelagie Islands, Strait of Sicily): update and management proposals

2017

This paper provides an up-to-date overview of the naturalized alien plants of Linosa (Pelagie Archipelago, Sicily), which includes 83 taxa and accounts for 29 % of the total island's flora. Among these plants, 6 are invasive, 49 are naturalized and 28 are casual. With respect to previous available data, our field investigations resulted in the addition of 31 new xenophytes (21 casual and 10 fully naturalized). One of these species is new to the whole European territory (Kleinia anteuphorbia), 6 of them are new to Sicily and 11 are recorded for the first time on circum-Sicilian islets. For each alien plant, we indicate the habitat where the naturalization has been observed by using the codes…

0106 biological sciencesBiotopeFlorageography.geographical_feature_categorySettore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E SelvicolturaEcologyIntroduced speciesPlant ScienceAlienMediterranean islands risk assessment vegetation ecology landscape planning agroecosystems black lists Agave attenuata Boerhavia coccinea Campsis radicans Hylocereus undatus Plumbago auriculata Portulaca grandiflora Portulacaria afra010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesGeographyHabitatArchipelagoNatura 2000Mediterranean IslandsEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics010606 plant biology & botany
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Fresh-cut products from cactus species

2005

Various species of Cactaceae family can serve a source of delicious and healthy fresh foodstuffs. Marketing cacti as ready-to-eat (fresh-cut) products may significantly expand their consumption, on condition that their quality, safety and longevity would answer the market demands. The present work was aimed at studying the storability of fresh-cut products prepared from several edible cactus species and looking for ways to improve their keeping quality. The experiments included fruit of cactus pear Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller, cactus apple (koubo) Cereus peruvianus (L.) Miller, and dragon fruit (pitaya) Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton and Rose, as well as cladodes (pads) of nopal (ve…

Hylocereus undatusPEARHorticultureGeographyCereusbiologyCactusCladodesNopalea cochenilliferaOpuntia ficus-indica Nopalea cochenillifera Cereus peruvianus Hylocereus undatus minimal processing packaging trial shipmentHorticulturebiology.organism_classificationShelf life
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