Although citrus is indigenous to southeast Asia, oranges were first planted commercially in central Arizona in the late 1800s. Today commercial production is centered in several warm and low-frost-risk areas of central and southwestern Arizona. A great number of citrus varieties are also widely planted in home gardens. Many diseases of citrus have been described world wide and have colorful and...

In this study nine new species and a new genus of Brachodidae are described from tropical Asia and Papua New Guinea. Synechodes polias sp. nov. and Synechodes tamila sp. nov. are described from Sulawesi and southern India, respectively. A new genus, Saccocera gen. nov. (type species Miscera orpheus Kallies, 2004), is described to accommodate five species occurring from Taiwan and Sumatra across...

In this study, the effects of stem canker disease caused by Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis on chemical properties and durability a Eucalyptus hybrid (E. urophylla x E. grandis) were investigated. Eleven-year-old healthy infected trees collected. The samples grouped into four different classes based infection severity: (class 1), moderately 2), severely 3), very 4). changes in evaluated via analys...

In Morocco, the endemic Artemisia herba-alba is well known by its traditional uses and health benefits. The search for natural, safe, effective antibacterial antifungal agents from plants in high demand due to microbial fungal resistance conventional synthetic antibiotics drugs. this study, A. was collected region of Fez-Boulemane during periods March, June, September. Essential oils (EOs) were...

Isolates of Trichoderma, Penicillium, and Aspergillus were tested against Trametes versicolor and Neolentinus lepideus by agar interaction tests and by measuring the toxicity of culture filtrates. Some isolates were able to overgrow and kill both of the decay fungi in agar culture but others were totally ineffective. Although the filtrate from most isolates produced some growth inhibition of th...

In this study we examined cerebellar alterations in a neonatal rat model of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury with or without hypoxic preconditioning (Pc). Between postnatal days 7 and 15, the cerebellum is still undergoing intense cellular proliferation, differentiation and migration, dendritogenesis and synaptogenesis. The expression of glutamate decarboxylase 1 (GAD67) and the differentiation fa...