Alvania wangi Xu, Qi & Kong, sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Rissoidae) was discovered within the intertidal zone in Nanji Islands and Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang Province, China. It has a radula characteristic of Risso, 1826, protoconch sculptured with micro pits lamellae between spiral lirae, teleoconch growth lines subobsolete cords. Specimens were examined using an integ...

A recent taxonomic revision of Microascaceae with an emphasis on synnematous fungi enabled re-identification of previously isolated indoor strains of Cephalotrichum. All available Cephalotrichum strains from the culture collection of the Westerdijk Institute were studied, 20 originating from the built environment. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred from DNA sequence data from the internal...

ABSTRACT Rice blast caused by the Magnaporthe oryzae pathogen is a major disease in this crop, and may cause devastating losses. This study aimed to investigate profile of Waitea circinata mycorrhiza volatile compounds antagonism M. oryzae, under different growth periods temperatures, using completely randomized design. Volatile organic were extracted headspace solid phase microextraction analy...

By Surgeon-Mnjor G. A. Watson, 19th Bengal Lancers. Having lately employed with very great success borncic acid as an external application in the treatment of the Dcrmatophyta, or diseases of the skin dependent upon a vegetable parasite, I am desirous of bringing the subject to the notice of the profession in India. I was induced to try this remedy from seeing it so largely employed as an antis...