Abstract Tuta absoluta , an invasive pinworm characterized by high reproductive potential and adaptation to different agroecological conditions, cause serious damage tomato crops. Chemical control with synthetic insecticides is widely used this pest, although pesticides exhibit side effects on non-target organisms negatively impact the environment, occurrence of resistance some active substance...

1Information Center for the Environment, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA; 2PRBO Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, California 94954, USA; 3Avian Conservation and Ecology Lab, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, Califo...

Maqui ( Aristotelia chilensis [Mol.] Stuntz) is a native berry of the Patagonia Andean forests, which has one highest antioxidant levels currently known. This biochemical characteristic strongly depends on phenolic profile and highly influenced by growing environment. The objective this study was to characterize natural maqui populations in immediate lee (Argentina) Northern Patagonian Andes, d...

Pestalotiopsis microspora occurs as a range of strains in bald cypress, Taxodium distichum. The organisms live as endophytes in the bark, phloem and xylem, and isolates show differences in cultural and microscopic characteristics on common laboratory media. Many of these fungi make taxol as determined by the reactivity of partially purified culture extracts with specific monoclonal antibodies a...