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Notes: This manual contains 19 chapters: History, economic and agroecological importance (G. Barbera); Ethnobotany [including medicinal uses] (W. Hoffmann); Taxonomy of utilized opuntias (L. Scheinvar); Anatomy and morphology (F. Sudzuki Hills); Environmental biology (P. S. Nobel); Reproductive biology (A. Nerd and Y. Mizrahi); Domestication of opuntias and cultivated varieties (E. Pimienta-Barrios and A. Munoz-Urias); Propagation (C. Mondragon and E. Pimienta-Barrios); Tissue culture application for Opuntia sp. pl. micropropagation (V. Villalobos); Orchard planting and management (P. Inglese); "Nopalitos" production, processing and marketing (C. A. Flores-Valdez); Pests of cactus pear (S. Longo and C. Rapisarda); Biotic and abiotic diseases (G. Granata); Post-harvest management of fruits and vegetable stems (M. Cantwell); Food manufacture and by-products (C. Saenz-Hernandez); Forage and fodder production and utilization (P. Felker); Control and utilization of wild opuntias (M. O. Brutsch and H. G. Zimmermann); Dacti (Dactylopius coccus Costa) dye [cochineal] production (V. Flores-Flores and A. Tekelenburg); and Energy production (V. Garcia de Cortazar and M. T. Varnero M.).