This insect lives on nopal, prickly pear, Opuntia spp., and even if you have seen it, you might not recognize it for what it is or its significance to world history. But if you are a fiber arts ...

opuntia is the first green alga they have sequenced. Lin and his co-authors were interested in looking at the species' genome to try to understand how and why it evolved to have these unique ...

His laboratory is also investigating the productivity and irrigation/fertilization response of highly productive CAM crops such as cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) to serve as food and feed sources and as a ...