Rendimiento y Crecimiento de Nopalitos de Cultivares de Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) bajo Diferentes Densidades de Plantación♦ Yield and Growth of Green Cladodes of Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Cultivars under Different Plant Densities

The experiment was carried out during March through August, 2001, in the experimental field of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, in La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico. A complete randomized block design with split-plots arrangement was used. The fresh and dry yield and growth of tender or young cladodes were evaluated in five prickly pear cultivars 'CEN-1', 'SQ-1', 'CAL-2', 'MEZQ'