Lejeunea hodgsoniana Grolle ex R.J.Lewington, P.Beveridge & M.A.M.Renner sp. nov., A taxon originally recognised by Riclef Grolle in 1980, but not described, known from a number of coastal sites in the North Island, the northern extremity of the South Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, is described and illustrated. The species is distinctive amongst species of...

Shing-Wai Yip, DDS, MS, DScD Director, Prosthodontics Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital No.201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-2875-7572; E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Alveolar ridge deformity occurs frequently a er teeth loss, leading to esthetic and functional compromises especially in the anterior maxilla. This case report demonstrates a two-...

A new feather mite Trouessartia cettiae sp.n. (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) is described from the Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti (Passeriformes: Cettiidae) south of European Russia. Being most close to T. carpi Till, 1954, species differs latter in following: both sexes, setae c3 and sRIII have a small subapical denticle; males, apophyses adanal apodemes are situated posterior level suckers, 4b d...

The ovate family protein named MaOFP1 was identified in banana (Musa acuminata L.AAA) fruit by a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) method using the banana MADS-box gene MuMADS1 as bait and a 2 day postharvest (DPH) banana fruit cDNA library as prey. The interaction between MuMADS1 and MaOFP1 was further confirmed by Y2H and Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) methods, which showed that the MuM...

Species of the genus Ultratenuipalpus bear a broad subquadrate propodosoma with many large, flattened, lanceolate to ovate dorsal setae. They also some plesiomorphic character states, such as presence three pairs ventral ps Here, we describe parameekeri Castro, Ochoa & Feres sp. nov. based on adult females, males, and immatures, collected ferns from Brazil. We re-describe meekeri (De Leon),...

Cayratia trifolia (Linn.) Domin (Vitaceae) is a perennial climber, commonly known as fox grape in English, Amalbel, Ramchana in Hindi and Amlavetash in Sanskrit, found in India, Asia and Australia. The infusion of seeds along with extract of tubers is used traditionally for the treatment of diabetes. Whole plant is used as diuretic, in tremors and splenopathy. It is reported to possess antivira...