Susceptibility of Lantana Cultivars to Orthezia insignis

Susceptibility of Cultivars to Biotic Stresses

Relative susceptibility of selected cultivars, of potato to Pratylenchus penetrans.

Pratylenchus penetrans suppressed the tuber yields of potato cultivars 'Katahdin', 'Kennebec', and 'Superior', but did not affect yields of 'Russet Burbank'. In comparison with noninfested controls, all initial nematode densities (P(i)) of P. penetrans (P(i) = 38, 81, 164, 211/ 100 cm(3) of soil) suppressed yields of Superior; a moderate P(i) (81/100 cm(3) soil) suppressed yields of Kennebec; a...

Susceptibility of Viburnum Species and Cultivars to Phytophthora ramorum1

Phytophthora ramorum causes ramorum blight on Viburnum species, which are commonly grown as ornamentals. This study evaluated 24 different species or cultivars for susceptibility to P. ramorum. Whole plants were inoculated with an NA1 isolate of P. ramorum and placed in dew chambers at 20C (68F). After 5 days, the percentage of necrotic leaves for each plant and the percentage of necrotic area ...

Light and ultrastructural analysis of Myxobolus insignis (Myxozoa), infecting the Amazonian Fish Semaprochilodus insignis (Prochilodontidae)

A myxosporean infecting the gill filaments of the freshwater teleost Semaprochilodus insignis collected in the Trombetas River (Central Amazonian Region, Brazil) is described using light and electron microscopy. The spores were ovoid in frontal view with round extremities and measured 15.4 ± 0.6 μm in total length, 12.4 ± 0.5 μm wide and 8.1 ± 0.7 μm thick; the spore valves (up to 0.4 μm) were ...

Variability in Susceptibility to Anthracnose in the World Collection of Olive Cultivars of Cordoba (Spain)

Anthracnose of olive (Olea europaea ssp. europaea L.), caused by Colletotrichum species, is a serious disease causing fruit rot and branch dieback, whose epidemics are highly dependent on cultivar susceptibility and environmental conditions. Over a period of 10 years, there have been three severe epidemics in Andalusia (southern Spain) that allowed us to complete the assessment of the World Oli...