Prickly pear cactus, opuntia spp. - A spine-tingling tale

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 869-877

  DeFelice, Michael S ^a  

^a ThunderSnow Interactive   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 58149108655     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-04-134     Document Type: Article

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