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Eobowenia gen. nov. from the early Cretaceous of Patagonia: indication for an early divergence of Bowenia? [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Even if they are considered the quintessential "living fossils", the fossil record of the extant genera of the Cycadales is quite poor, and only extends as far back as the Cenozoic.
Coiro, Mario, Pott, Christian
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Pest categorisation of <i>Selenaspidus articulatus</i>. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Vicent Civera A, Baptista P, Berlin A, Chatzivassiliou E, Cubero J, Cunniffe N, de la Peña E, Desneux N, Di Serio F, Filipiak A, Gonthier P, Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Jactel H, Landa BB, Maistrello L, Makowski D, Milonas P, Papadopoulos N, Potting R, Susi H, van der Gaag DJ, Evangelou V, Gobbi A, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Papachristos D, Sfyra O.   +27 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pest categorisation of Ceroplastes rubens. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), following the commodity risk assessments of Acer palmatum plants grafted on A. davidii and Pinus parviflora bonsai plants grafted on P. thunbergii from China, in which C.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire JC, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Papachristos D, Sfyra O, MacLeod A.   +25 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cn-AMP2 from green coconut water is an anionic anticancer peptide [PDF]

, 2014
Globally, death due to cancers is likely to rise to over 20 million by 2030,which has created an urgent need for novel approaches to anticancer therapies such as the development of host defence peptides.
Al-Benna, Avner, Balderas-Renteria, Bray, Chan, Cho, Cho, Cragg, Cragg, Dawson, Dennison, Dennison, Dennison, Dennison, Gaspar, Gotay, Harris, Harris, Harris, Harris, Harris, Hess, Hogberg, Khazir, Li, Lumb, Malde, Mandal, Mandal, Martin Sabroso, Newman, Nicolas, Oh, Pasupuleti, Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix, Prabhu, Prabhu, Rajanbabu, Riedl, Saraswathy, Shekhar, Song, Tsuda, Unnati, Urruticoechea, Van der Spoel, Varadhachary, Wall, Wang, Wang, Whitmore, Whitmore, Whitmore, Yeung   +56 more
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Nuclear ribosomal ITS functional paralogs resolve the phylogenetic relationships of a late-Miocene radiation cycad Cycas (Cycadaceae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Cycas is the most widespread and diverse genus among the ancient cycads, but the extant species could be the product of late Miocene rapid radiations.
Long-Qian Xiao, Michael Möller
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First record of Crypticerya zeteki (Cockerell, 1914) (Monophlebidae) in Brazil and Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Pseudococcidae) in the state of Maranhão

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2017
Crypticerya zeteki (Cockerell, 1914) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Monophlebidae) is recorded for the first time from Brazil and Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is recorded for the first time from the state of ...
A. S. J. C. Ramos, A. L. B. G. Peronti, T. Kondo, R. N. S. Lemos   +3 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) and evolution in Cycadales [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Cycadales is an extant group of seed plants occurring in subtropical and tropical regions comprising putatively three families and 10 genera. At least one complete plastid genome sequence has been reported for all of the 10 genera except Microcycas ...
Aimee Caye G. Chang, Qiang Lai, Tao Chen, Tieyao Tu, Yunhua Wang, Esperanza Maribel G. Agoo, Jun Duan, Nan Li   +7 more
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Mauritius since the last glacial:environmental and climatic reconstruction of the last 38 000 years from Kanaka Crater [PDF]

, 2012
A 10 m long peat core from the Kanaka Crater (20° 25′ S, 57° 31′ E), located at 560 m elevation in Mauritius, was analyzed for microfossils. Eight radiocarbon ages show the pollen record reflects environmental and climatic change of the last ca.
Baider, Barker, Biber, Bonnefille, Burney, Camoin, Cheke, Coetzee, Cruz, Diamond, Faegri, Gasse, Gasse, Grimm, Grimm, Hannah, Hedberg, Hedberg, Hemp, Hemp, Hoelzmann, Hooghiemstra, Johnson, Kröpelin, Kutzbach, Lambeck, Lorence, Marchant, McDougall, Mumbi, Pokras, Reimer, Rouillard, Ruddiman, Safford, Saji, Straka, Street-Perrot, Stuiver, van Zinderen, Vaughan, Vaughan, Whittaker, Yokoyama, Zinke   +44 more
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Floristic changes in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (south-west Europe) during the Cenozoic [PDF]

, 2009
AIM  The aim of this work was to identify the main changes in the flora and vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula over the Cenozoic Era, to record the disappearance of taxa associated with these changes and to determine the influence of climate and human ...
Barrón López, Eduardo, Gómez Manzaneque, Fernando, Morla Juaristi, Carlos, Postigo Mijarra, Jose Maria   +3 more
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Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Genetic Diversity in Cycas Balansae (Cycadaceae)

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 2017
Habitat fragmentation is a serious threat to species survival. In Vietnam, Cycas balansae has been considered as threatened species because of the reduction and fragmentation of its habitats and over-exploitation.
Nguyen Minh Tam, Nguyen T. Phuong Trang, Vu T. Ha Giang, L. Triest Triest   +3 more
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