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1039 ZAMIA DECUMBENS: Cycadales, Zamiaceae
Summary Zamia decumbens Calonje, Meerman, M.P.Griff. & Hoese, a threatened cycad species from Belize, is showcased and illustrated based on field observations as well as plants cultivated in the ex situ conservation living collections of Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) in Coral Gables, Florida. This once obscure species was described in 2009, studied
Natalia Herrera‐Blitman +6 more
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Sexual antagonism in haplodiploids
Abstract Females and males may face different selection pressures, such that alleles conferring a benefit in one sex may be deleterious in the other. Such sexual antagonism has received a great deal of theoretical and empirical attention, almost all of which has focused on diploids.
Thomas J. Hitchcock +2 more
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Aulacaspis yasumatsui Delivers a Blow to International Cycad Horticulture
The literature covering the biology, invasion chronology, host plant responses, and control efforts of the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hempitera: Diaspididae) is reviewed.
Thomas E. Marler +2 more
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Cycad Aulacaspis Scale, a Newly Introduced Insect Pest in Indonesia
Cycad aulacaspis scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)) is native to Thailand and Vietnam. Since the early 1990s it has been spreading around the world due to the trade in cycad plants for ornamental use.
NATALIA VON ELLENRIEDER +4 more
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Feature Papers in Horticulturae Ⅱ [PDF]
Horticultural research has been undergoing fundamental changes to improve crop plants as a result of the emergence of new biochemical and molecular techniques.
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Cycas micronesica Megastrobilus Traits Respond to Chronic Herbivory by Aulacaspis yasumatsui
Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi invaded Guam in 2003 and caused the widespread mortality of the indigenous Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill population. The regeneration of the surviving tree population continues to be constrained 20 years later, and a look at ...
Thomas E. Marler, L. Irene Terry
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Feature Papers in \u3ci\u3eHorticulturae\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
The presented Feature Papers reflect the diversity of the types of research performed on horticultural plant species, spanning from the basic to the applied, production systems, and postharvest studies, in addition to highlighting some critical issues ...
Archbold, Douglas D.
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Visual Starch Stain Procedure Assists Cycad Propagation Decisions
Stem cuttings are often exploited for asexual propagation of cycad plants, and impaired health of the source plants may reduce success. A reliable procedure that screens potential source plants for predicted success would benefit conservationists.
Thomas E. Marler
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On the armored scales, genus Aulacaspis Cockerell (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), of Korea [PDF]
Aulacaspis difficilis (Cockerell) and Aulacaspis latissima (Cockerell), occurring on Elaeagnus glabra Thunb. and Distylium racemosum Siebold and Zucc. (Elaeagnaceae), are newly recorded in the Korean fauna of armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).
Suh, Soo-Jung
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Mortality of the crapemyrtle bark scale (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) by commercial biopesticides under greenhouse and field conditions [PDF]
The crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS), Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae, is an important pest of crapemyrtles, Lagerstroemia spp. Biopesticides are frequently used to control soft-bodied insects; however, there is no information on their efficacy against CMBS ...
Chen, Yan +4 more
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