Bacterial canker of kiwifruit caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae was first described
in Japan and Korea and is currently an emerging disease that causes major losses in …

The pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle, a quarantine
organism, causes serious damage to pines worldwide. In Europe, it was first detected in …

Species of Eucalyptus, mostly native to Australia, are widely planted as exotics in the tropics
and Southern Hemisphere. These plantations represent an important source of fuel-wood, …

Species of Eucalyptus are widely planted as exotics in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere
and to some extent in southern Europe, for timber and fibre production. Species of …

Grapevines form mutualistic symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi that have
been shown to enhance plant growth and nutrition. In the field, AM fungal populations may be …

… of each type were treated with cyproconazole at one of the following doses, 50, 100 or 500
mg AI litre −1 , which was applied via a soil injector connected to a Maruyama (Tokyo, Japan) …

Camellia japonica (CJ) has oil-rich seeds, but the study of these oils has received little attention
and has mainly focused only on their health properties. In the present work the relative …

An extensive survey on chestnut stands in NW Spain was carried out to study the population
biology of Cryphonectria parasitica in order to design future biological control programmes …

Results of a greenhouse Armillaria ostoyae inoculation experiment, designed for screening
resistant Pinus pinaster genotypes and for exploring the role of different phenotypic traits in …

The objective of this work was to study the resistance/tolerance of several populations of
maize to attack by corn borers in general, and pink stem borer (Sesamia nonagrioides) in …