The Orongorongo Valley is located 18 km east of Wellington (4121’S, 17458’E). The study area of 4.4 ha is located at about 100 m a.s.l., and comprises forest with scattered emergent Metrosideros robusta and Dacrydium cupressinum over a canopy of Elaeocarpus dentatus, Laurelia novae-zelandiae, Melicytus ramiflorus, Hedycarya arborea, Knightia excelsa, Weinmannia racemosa, Schefflera digitata and...

Two new fossil species of Ostracoda belonging to the genus Bythocythere Sars, 1866, Bythocythere solisdeus n. sp. and to the genus Cytheropteron Sars, 1866, Cytheropteron eleonorae n. sp. are described. The specimens come from the upper silty sand layers of the Globorotalia truncatulinoides excelsa Zone (“Sicilian” stage), cropping out in “Cala S. Antonino” along the western side of the Cape Mi...

Male and female leaves and fruits of eleven different taxons of Iranian conifers (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. sempervirens, C. sempervirens cv. Cereifeormis, Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica, J. excelsa subsp. excelsa, J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos, J. foetidissima, J. oblonga, J. sabina, Platycladus orientalis and Taxus baccata) were collected from diff...

Male and female leaves and fruits of eleven different taxons of Iranian conifers (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. sempervirens, C. sempervirens cv. Cereifeormis, Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica, J. excelsa subsp. excelsa, J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos, J. foetidissima, J. oblonga, J. sabina, Platycladus orientalis and Taxus baccata) were collected from diff...

Studies were carried out for 90days on the degradation of wood wastes of four economically important Nigerian trees; Terminalia superba, Mansonia altissima, Holoptelia grandis and Milicia excelsa by white rot fungus, Pleurotus tuber-regium a Nigerian edible mushroom. The pH of the wastes dropped to 4.0/4.2, 90days after incubation. On the contrary, amino nitrogen content of the wastes increased...

The present study aimed to investigate the chemical composition, and the antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of Ailanthus excelsa, a plant used in Egyptian traditional medicine. Chromatographic separation of a methanol extract of A. excelsa leaves yielded four flavones, namely apigenin (1), apigenin 7-O-beta-glucoside (2), luteolin (3), and luteolin 7-O-beta-glucoside (4), and seven fl...

the cecidomyiid species rabdophaga heterobia (loew) induces gall on willow's male catkins, and causes small rosettes at the extremities of shoots and swollen lateral buds or lateral rosettes on some species of willow. during the years 2006-2007, a study on willow pests in the west azarbaijan province (saatloo poplar research station) was conducted. the following nine willow species were us...