Israeli scientists are developing crops which will grow to maturity with minimal water supplies. So far they have managed to grow commercial quantities of two cactus varieties. They say their work ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Five species of columnar cacti were examined with the aim of introducing new orchard crops to the Negev desert of Israel. The species ...

Dharwad: A cactus plant, grown near SDM College of Dental Sciences near Sattur has entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest plant. Cereus peruvianus in botanical terminology, the ...

Ah, Florida! We lucky folks live in a land of lush, tropical foliage that's stirred by balmy breezes and watered year-round by warm, gentle rains. No, we don't: The majority of our rainfall occurs in ...

Hedge cactus is a potentially massive plant that grows 50 feet tall along the coasts of southern Brazil and northern Argentina. Even in Central Florida, this cold-hardy, branching species often ...