The city longhorn beetle (Aeolesthes sarta) (CLB) (Coleoptera – Cerambycidae) is a polyphagous invasive pest of both healthy and suppressed broadleaved trees in central Asia. CLB causes great degree damage the countries its origin. To understand this better way, detailed review study has been conducted to gather all valuable information related CLB. This covers main aspects CLB, morphology, eco...

A bird-parasitic fly, Carnus orientalis Maa, 1968, is recorded for the first time from Japan, and it is taxonomically reexamined on the basis of specimens collected in Okinawa Prefecture. Adult flies were found from nestlings of Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans Cassin, 1852), which is a new host for C. orientalis. Bionomic remarks regarding C. orientalis are presented, and akey to the world speci...

Diseases of the United States Department of Agriculture. It has been continued at the University of Michigan. Paper of the Department of Botany and of the University Herbarium, University of Michigan No. 397. 1 Mains, E. B., "Rye Resistant to Leaf Rust, Stem Rust and Powdery Mildew," Jour. Agr. Res., 32, 201-221 (1926). 2 Mains, E. B., and Dietz, S. M., "Physiologic Forms of Barley Mildew, Erys...

In this study, esterase isozyme polymorphisms in Boreal-Tertiary origin relict endemic L. orientalis populations were investigated. Four populations located in the Southern and the Southwestern regions of Turkey were screened. Two of these populations (Fethiye-Günlüklü and Fethiye-İnlice) belong to subspecies L. orientalis Mill.var. orientalis. The other two (Muğla-Köyceğiz and Antalya-Gebiz) b...