In this paper the genus Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862 is synonymized under Carebara Westwood, 1840 and the Carebara polita group is established and revised. This species group currently includes six species from the Afrotropical region (C. madibai, C. nicotianae, C. perpusilla, C. polita, C. silvestrii, and C. villiersi) and two species from the Neotropical region (C. brevipilosa and C. urichi). The...

Paulownia species are fast growing trees native to China, which being grown in managed plantings several European countries for the production of wood and biomasses. In 2018, wilting, stunting, leaf yellowing, collapse, as a consequence root crown rot, were observed around 40% 2-year-old planting elongata × P. fortunei Calabria (Southern Italy). Two Phytophthora consistently recovered from root...

Background: Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa is a plant native to South America, but sparsely distributed in India and Bangladesh. Aphrodisiac, purgative, cathartic and sore curing properties have been attributed to the plant. Although there were several papers on the antifungal and antibacterial activities of on the crude extractives of the plant, the first report on the bioassay monitored isol...

A Phytophthora mating hormone with an array of 1,5-stereogenic centers has been synthesized by using our recently developed methodology of catalytic enantioselective conjugate addition of Grignard reagents. We applied this methodology in a diastereo- and enantioselective iterative route and obtained two of the 16 possible stereoisomers of Phytophthora hormone alpha1. These synthetic stereoisome...