We studied the interactions involving oak acorns and associated arthropods focusing on role of introduced Quercus rubra in Italy. conducted our study areas where native oaks coexist with Q. rubra. carried out a survey inhabiting fallen colonisation experiment. Furthermore, we laboratory experiments documenting among most abundant arthropod species Acorns were colonised by ant carpophagous insec...

Plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), adults were exposed to field-aged residues of thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, indoxacarb, or azinphos-methyl on tart cherry, Prunus cerasus L. variety Montmorency. At 1, 3, 7, and 14 d postapplication, fruit were sampled for chemical residues, and bioassays were used to assess beetle mortality and plant tissue i...