{"title":"Unearthing the Multifaceted Potential of Opuntia spp.: A Comprehensive Exploration","authors":"Jiezhang Xu, Li Fu","doi":"10.56890/jpacd.v25i.524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.v25i.524","url":null,"abstract":"Unearthing the Multifaceted Potential of Opuntia spp.: A Comprehensive Exploration. Book review of Opuntia spp.: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Industrial Applications, Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Tamer E. Moussa Ayoub, Sascha Rohn (Ed.), 1059 pages, 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 978-3-030-78443-0","PeriodicalId":54361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42944222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Acuña-Soto, Fabian P. Grifaldo-Alcántara, Ana Lilia Muñoz Viveros, J. M. Vanegas-Rico
In Mexico, center of domestication of prickly pear cactus species (also called “nopales”) few studies exist on insects associated with this crop. The studies are scantier on ants, since the majority are not considered to be pest. For this motive, the population dynamics of the ants was studied in experimental prickly pear crop in the installation of Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico. The sample was fortnightly performed from February 2013 to March 2014. Ants were gathered with pitfall traps and arboreal traps, all of them with three baits and others without bait. Also recorded raiding, the nests in crop and inside to the cladodes. We collected a total of 10,953 individuals (74 % on ground and 26% on prickly pear cladodes), and seven species were determined: Hypoponera opacior (Forel), Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson), Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith), Linepithema humile (Mayr), Camponotus atriceps (Smith), Pheidole obtusospinosa Forel and Monomorium minimum (Buckley). The last four were more abundant and frequent. We discuss the presence and nesting of ants in crop and their association with other insects of prickly pear crop.
在墨西哥,作为多刺梨仙人掌(也称为“仙人掌”)的驯化中心,很少有关于与这种作物相关的昆虫的研究。对蚂蚁的研究很少,因为大多数蚂蚁都不被认为是害虫。出于这一动机,在墨西哥Colegio de Postradados的装置中,对刺梨作物中蚂蚁的种群动态进行了研究。样本于2013年2月至2014年3月每两周进行一次。用陷阱和树上陷阱收集蚂蚁,所有陷阱都有三个诱饵,其他陷阱没有诱饵。还记录了袭击,巢穴在作物和内部的分支。我们总共收集了10953个个体(74%在地面上,26%在刺梨枝序上),并确定了7个物种:不透明低螺旋体(Forel)、黑质内瓦麦粉体(Cresson)、倒钩菌(Smith)、湿线藻(Mayr。后四种更为丰富和频繁。我们讨论了蚂蚁在作物中的存在和筑巢,以及它们与刺梨作物中其他昆虫的关系。
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Plant polysaccharides are rich in physiological activities, which are beneficial for developing new drugs, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Cactus is of interest to researchers in agronomy, medicine and food chemistry because of its long history of medicinal use, its simple growing requirements and biological basis for becoming a green vegetable. This review provides the first summary and analysis of the research history of cactus polysaccharides through a bibliometric approach. Bibliometrics was used to investigate the focus of different stages of development of the topic, with contributions from different countries and institutions. In addition, keyword analysis and keyword clustering were used to understand the different research directions of this topic. The analysis showed that (1) the study of cactus plant polysaccharides is a long-established topic but did not attract much attention in its early stages. (2) In 2018, research on cactus polysaccharides has received more attention than ever before. (3) Mexican institutions and scholars have contributed the most important contributions to this topic. (4) This theme has only formed one complex network of cooperation, mainly composed of Mexican institutions and scholars. (5) Early studies on cactus polysaccharides focused on the detection, extraction and purification of polysaccharide content. (6) The biological activities of plant polysaccharides have gradually become the focus of research in recent years. (7) The biological activity of plant polysaccharides has been verified from in vitro experiments and in vivo experiments with positive results.
{"title":"Advances on polysaccharides from cactus: analysis and review based on bibliometrics","authors":"Yuhong Zheng, Peng-Chao Zhang, L. Fu","doi":"10.56890/jpacd.v25i.513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.v25i.513","url":null,"abstract":"Plant polysaccharides are rich in physiological activities, which are beneficial for developing new drugs, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Cactus is of interest to researchers in agronomy, medicine and food chemistry because of its long history of medicinal use, its simple growing requirements and biological basis for becoming a green vegetable. This review provides the first summary and analysis of the research history of cactus polysaccharides through a bibliometric approach. Bibliometrics was used to investigate the focus of different stages of development of the topic, with contributions from different countries and institutions. In addition, keyword analysis and keyword clustering were used to understand the different research directions of this topic. The analysis showed that (1) the study of cactus plant polysaccharides is a long-established topic but did not attract much attention in its early stages. (2) In 2018, research on cactus polysaccharides has received more attention than ever before. (3) Mexican institutions and scholars have contributed the most important contributions to this topic. (4) This theme has only formed one complex network of cooperation, mainly composed of Mexican institutions and scholars. (5) Early studies on cactus polysaccharides focused on the detection, extraction and purification of polysaccharide content. (6) The biological activities of plant polysaccharides have gradually become the focus of research in recent years. (7) The biological activity of plant polysaccharides has been verified from in vitro experiments and in vivo experiments with positive results.","PeriodicalId":54361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42523684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-21DOI: 10.24818/cts/4/2022/2.07
C. Țuclea
{"title":"CRISES - NEW OPPORTUNITIES\u0000FOR THE TOURISM AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY","authors":"C. Țuclea","doi":"10.24818/cts/4/2022/2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/cts/4/2022/2.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77168425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}