Collaborative Mexico/United States initiative to breed freeze tolerant fruit and forage Opuntia varieties

Facundo  Barrientos Perez; Fernando  Borrego-Escalante; Peter Felker

doi:10.56890/jpacd.vi.450

Collaborative Mexico/United States initiative to breed freeze tolerant fruit and forage Opuntia varieties

Authors

Facundo Barrientos Perez Colegio de Postgraduados, Chapingo, Mexico.
Fernando Borrego-Escalante Universidad Autonoma Agraria "Antonio Narro", Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Peter Felker Texas A&I University, Kingsville, Texas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.vi.450

Abstract

Texas and northern Mexico are marginal for Opuntia fruit production due to their susceptibility to 15-year record freezing temperatures that may reach -12 C (10 F).