—The plumage pattern and color and external morphology of hybrid wood warblers (Dendroica striata x Dendroica castanea) are described. This hybrid combination constitutes the only known case of hybridization between two broadly sympatric species of the genus Dendroica (Fringillidae; Tribe Parulini), that is represented by both male and female specimens in definitive alternate plumage. The pluma...

Castanea sativa Mill. is thought to be originated from Turkey. It is an important deciduous angiosperm with edible fruits and valuable wood. It has a wide distribution from east Black sea to Marmara and Aegean Regions. Because of its wide distribution, C. sativa grows on different ecological, geological, climatic and edaphic condition and these results in different associations with different c...

321 honey samples from Switzerland were collected. The botanical authenticity of 176 honey samples was confirmed by the determination of electrical conductivity, sugar composition, pH-value, free acidity, and microscopical pollen analysis [2], as well as the sensory evaluation by three experts. The honey samples were assigned to one of the following groups: floral honeys from acacia (Robinia sp...

We have added 275 AFLP and 24 SSR markers and the 5SrDNA locus to a previously published genetic map based on a hybrid cross between Castunea mollissima and C dentata. The SSR markers, 5SrDNA locus, and one isozyme locus also permitted us to correlate the linkage groups in the published genetic map of C. sativa with those in our C. milkimalC deniata map. Correlating the map of European chestnut...

Abstract. Potassium (K) availability constrains forest productivity. Brazilian eucalypt plantations are a good example of the K limitation wood production. Here, we built upon previously described model (CASTANEA-MAESPA-K) and used it to understand whether simulated decline in C source under deficiency was sufficient explain productivity plantations. We developed allocation schemes for both inc...

Ink disease caused by the root-rot pathogen P. cinnamomi (Pc) threatens European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) orchards, and growers increasingly graft susceptible C. traditional varieties on Pc-resistant hybrid commercial rootstocks. The influence of scion, rootstock, grafting per se vegetative budburst, growth, susceptibility to Pc defence-related hormone profile Castanea spp. are un...