Growing prickly pear for Cochineal (Grana) dye production

Fernando  Borrego-Escalante; Ma. Margarita Murillo-Soto

doi:10.56890/jpacd.vi.448

Authors

Fernando Borrego-Escalante Universidad Autonoma Agraria "Antonio Narro", Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Ma. Margarita Murillo-Soto Universidad Autonoma Agraria "Antonio Narro", Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.vi.448

Abstract

In international conferences on prickly pear utilization, emphasis has been placed on uses of cactus for fruit, nopalitos, forage, medicine, industrial products, and as a source of water.