the leopard moth, zeuzera pyrina, is a key and worldwide pest damaging walnut as well as many other fruit trees during the larval stages. larvae were collected from infested twigs of walnut trees. midguts from larvae were removed under a stereomicroscope and their homogenates used as the enzyme source. larval midgut extracts showed an optimum activity at ph 8.0, 6.0 and 6.0 for ?-amylase, ?- an...

The fungal genus Venturia Sacc. (anamorph Fusicladium Bonord.) includes plant pathogens that cause substantial economic damage to fruit crops worldwide. Although Venturia inaequalis is considered a model species in plant pathology, other Venturia spp. also cause scab on other fruit trees. Relative to the substantial research that has been conducted on V. inaequalis and apple scab, little resear...

leopard moth, zeuzera pyrina l., is a xylophagous key pest in iran. pest has major hosts in orchards. walnut is the main host in orchard trees. other hosts in iran are apple, pear and quince. at present, this pest is active in the middle and eastern provinces of iran. in this study, the efficacy of a new and common method which is mass trapping of male insects by synthetic pheromones was invest...

The studies were carried out at the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Organization “Federal Horticultural Center for Breeding, Agrotechnology and Nursery” (FSBSI FRCHBAN) in 1995-2020. aim of research was to clarify species composition, bioecology, characteristics harmfulness main phytophages apple trees Central Region Non-Black Earth Zone Russia under climate change conditions. Route surveys ...