Relationship between the weather conditions and the physicochemical characteristics of cladodes and mucilage of two cactus pear species

This data was used to examine the effect of weather conditions on the physicochemical characteristics of cactus pear mucilage extracted from mature cladodes harvested over six months. We aimed to explain the correlation between the environmental temperatures and rainfall with the yield and viscosity of mucilage. In particular, the relationships between temperature, rainfall, cladode size, cladode moisture content, mucilage acid content and mucilage conductivity, and mucilage viscosity.We had four research questions 1. Does the size of cladodes influence the mucilage? 2. Does rainfall before harvest influence mucilage? 3. Do electrolytes influence mucilage? 4. Does the environmental temperature before harvest influence mucilage?<br>