INSECTS AND FUNGI ON THE RELICT ZELKOVA SICULA(ROSALES, ULMACEAE)IN SICILY (ITALY): NEW RECORDS AND KNOWN SPECIES IN A SHORT REVIEW [PDF]
The Authors report the results of a study conducted with the purpose of increasing the knowledge about theinsects and fungi living on Zelkova siculaDi Pasquale, Garfì & Quézel, 1992 (Rosales, Ulmaceae).
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BIOLOGY OF THE BLACK LEAFHOPPER, Ricania speculum Walker on PATOLA (Luffa cylindrica (L) Roem)
Eggs of black leafhopper, Ricania speculum Walker, were laid in batches on the nether surface of patola leaves (Luffa cylindrica (L) Roem) and were commonly covered with white mealy secretions.
Alejandro D. Solis, Nelson M. Esguerra
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IMMUNOMODULATION OF HOUSE FLIES EXPOSED TO AZADIRACHTIN [PDF]
In this study the lethal and sub-lethal effects of azadirachtin on adult house flies, and the main variations in theirimmune-related gene expression levels were detected. Flies acquiring azadirachtin by ingestion showed differentdegrees of susceptibility
LENTINI, ANDREA +2 more
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Let Emerging Plant Diseases Be Predictable [PDF]
A prevalent concept for colonization and evolution among plant pathogens and their hosts stems from a post-Darwinian paradigm rooted in the formalized assumption of “specialized parasitism.” Seminal studies on rust fungi of socioeconomic importance ...
Trivellone, Valeria
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DESCRIPTION OF GONATOPUS XUISP. N. FROM INDIA (HYMENOPTERA DRYINIDAE) [PDF]
A new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) is described from India: Gonatopus xuisp. n. It is thefirst species of Dryinidae reported from Himachal Pradesh. The new species belongs to group 7 of Gonatopus. The key tothe females of the Oriental
GUGLIELMINO, ADALGISA +2 more
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In the small plot trial; diazinon, permethrin, malathion, methyl parathion and endosulfan at the manufacturers' recommended rates and sprayed 4 times starting at flowering significantly controlled the nymphs of the black leafhopper.
Ma. Teofila O. Oben +2 more
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ENDOSYMBIONTS OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES FROM SOUTH ITALY:A PHENOTYPIC STUDY [PDF]
We examined different Xenorhabdusstrains (five of X. bovieniiand two of X. kozodoii), obtained from EPNisolates belonging to the genus Steinernema(S. feltiae, S. ichnusae, S. apuliae, S.
BUCCHERI, MARIA ANTONIETTA +7 more
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INSECT PESTS OF EUCALYPTUSPLANTATIONS IN SARDINIA (ITALY) [PDF]
In Sardinia (Italy), Eucalyptusplantations cover approximately 23,000 hectares, above all in the southern part ofthe island. There is a complex of phytophagous insect pests that is threatening the health status of Eucalyptustrees.
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Clarification of the Identities of the Cicadellid and Fulgoroid Pests in Shaanxi Tea Area and Correction of the Scientific Name of Tea Green Leafhopper in China [PDF]
The goal of this study is to clarify the identities of the cicadellid and fulgoroid pests damaging tea shrub in Shaanxi tea area, and to provide scientific data for the integrated pest management (IPM) of sucking mouthpart pests in Shaanxi tea area and ...
QIN Daozheng, ZHANG Tingyu, XIE Kangwen, BI Jianyu, ZHANG Huan, FANG Wei, XU Ye
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ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION IN ITALY OF THE PARASITOIDSPATHIUS VULNIFICUSWILKINSON (HYMENOPTERA BRACONIDAE DORYCTINAE) [PDF]
This paper reports the finding of the Hymenoptera Doryctinae Spathius vulnificusWilkinson for the first time inEurope. This is an idiobiont ectoparasitoid attacking woodborer larvae of some Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) species. Suchexotic parasitoid, mainly
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