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Prickly Pear photograph album 1926-1933 digitised and held by State Library of Queensland; Prickly pears in Australia at the Australian Weeds Committee; History of prickly pear in Australia - from a New South Wales' perspective; A prickly problem : Dr Jean White-Haney and the prickly pear, State Library of Queensland
From the Report of the Prickly-pear Travelling Commission. In 1912, Johnston was appointed chairman for a committee, the Prickly-Pear Travelling Commission, formed to investigate control measures for the prickly pear cactus. In 1788, Governor Philip and the early colonists are credited with the introduction of the prickly pear to Australia. The ...
Not just the prickly pear: Hudson's Pears - Cylindropuntia tunicata and C. rosea - are also cacti of agricultural significance in Queensland. [53] Weed management costs the Australian economy A$4 billion yearly; weeds are considered the second greatest threat to biodiversity after land clearing.
Rose Ethel Janet White-Haney (11 March 1877 – 21 October 1953), known as Jean White-Haney, was a botanist in Queensland, Australia. She was officer-in-charge of the Queensland Board of Advice on Prickly Pear Destruction and helped develop biological control methods for managing the invasive cactus. [1]
Opuntia stricta has been introduced to other parts of the world, including Africa (including Madagascar), [9] Australia and southern Asia. O. stricta is considered an invasive species in South Africa and Kenya. [10] In Australia it has been the subject of one of the first effective biological control exercises using the moth Cactoblastis ...
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Opuntia ficus-indica, the species which is the most common culinary source of prickly pear fruits; Consolea, a genus of cacti including species formerly classified in Opuntia; Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands), the name of an island; Prickly pears in Australia, an invasive plant problem; Prickly Pears, a 1981 Italian comedy film