Cultural practices for Cactus pear in Israel for year-round production

Avinoam Nerd; Yozef Mizrahi

doi:10.56890/jpacd.vi.468

Authors

Avinoam Nerd Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 1025, Beer-Sheva 84110, Israel
Yozef Mizrahi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 1025, Beer-Sheva 84110, Israel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.vi.468

Abstract

The Israeli cactus pear cultivar, ofer, and many other introduced cultivars, ripen in the summer when the market is flooded with summer fruits. Thus, our research effort was devoted to extending the harvesting period of caturs pear in israel to enable year-round production.