Plants respond to various types of herbivore and pathogen attack using well-developed defensive machinery designed for self-protection. Infestation from phloem-sucking insects such as whitefly and aphid on plant leaves was previously shown to influence both the saprophytic and pathogenic bacterial community in the plant rhizosphere. However, the modulation of the root microbial community by pla...

conclusions the overall infestation rate in the present study is probably one of the lowest infestation rates in iran and in the region. it appears necessary to examine pupils by trained persons for early detection of infestation. results according to the obtained results, pediculosis spp. prevalence was 2% among male and female students of khorramshahr primary schools; it was 2.6% in females a...

Post-appendectomy faecal fistula is a rare surgical complication, associated with significant morbidity. Taenia saginata infestation is one of the most common cestode infestation in the gastrointestinal tract. It makes many complications as obstruction, perforation, anastomotic leakage or appendicular stump dehiscence. The objective of our study is to report a very rare case of post appendectom...

Thelazia nematodes (Spirurida: Thelazioidea), are commonly known as eyeworms and cause ocular infections in animals and humans (Anderson 2000; Soulsby 1986). This genus of spirurids represents one of the most specific taxon among nematodes because of its very close relationship with its intermediate and final hosts (Otranto and Traversa 2005). Thelazia Bosc, 1819 should be considered an “endopa...

WillomitzerJ J.: Seasonal Dynamics of Parasitoses in Grasscarp (Utenopharyngodon idella) Fry and Fingerlings. Acta vet. Brno, 49, 1980: 269 277. Examination of grasscarp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) fry and fingerlings from the State Fishery, Pohorelice, for 3 years revealed grasscarp infestation with 12 parasite genera or species. The intensity and extensity of infestation was highest in the peri...

Montana State University, Department of Entomology, 333 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 173020, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States of America Nansen et al. 214 Abstract—The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton, is a major insect pest in dryland wheat (Triticum L. spp.; Poaceae) fields in the northern Great Plains of the United States and in southern regions of the prairie provinces of Canada...

cabbage aphid (brevicoryne brassicae l.) is a important pest of canola (brassica napus l.) throughout the world, and as the host plant resistance is considered as a useful method to control the pest, therefore twenty one genotypes of canola were evaluated from the view point of their resistance to cabbage aphid infestation in a randomized complete block design with three replications and under ...

Oak-dominated forests in northwestern Arkansas have recently experienced an oak mortality event associated with an unprecedented outbreak of a native insect, the red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman). To determine whether prior drought was associated with increased E. rufulus infestation level of Quercus rubra L. trees, we employed a suite of dendrochronological measurements from Q. rub...

BACKGROUND The Gran Chaco ecoregion, a hotspot for Chagas and other neglected tropical diseases, is home to >20 indigenous peoples. Our objective was to identify the main ecological and sociodemographic determinants of house infestation and abundance of Triatoma infestans in traditional Qom populations including a Creole minority in Pampa del Indio, northeastern Argentina. METHODS A cross-sec...