Artificial diets prepared with wheat germ, soybean protein, dextrosol, potato starch, sucrose, cellulose, soybean or sunflower oil, and vitamin solution for rearing Nezara viridula (L.) and Euschistus heros (Fabricius) were tested under controlled temperature (25 +/- 1 degrees C), RH (60 +/- 10%), and photophase (14h). Three diets were tested and compared with the natural diet privet [soybean a...

Sooty mold fungi are often associated with honeydew which insects secrete while feeding on the plant. A great variety of these fungi occur in the North of Iran, especially on Citrus ssp which is one of the most widely cultivated fruit trees in this region. During last 10 years, several collections of these fungi examined and 15 species have been recorded. In this paper seven previously unreport...

An invasive shrub, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.), was removed from heavily infested riparian forests in the Georgia Piedmont in 2005 by mulching machine or chainsaw felling. Subsequent herbicide treatment eliminated almost all privet by 2007. Recovery of plant communities, return of Chinese privet, and canopy tree growth were measured on removal plots and heavily invaded control plot...

Abstract In the 1970s and 1980s, concept of ecological networks was developed in Czech Republic. The first biocorridors were established on arable land beginning 1990s. One them Vracov biocorridor. This paper deals with growth development trees two permanent research plots period from 1993–2021. biocorridor, repeated inventories woody plants monitoring biometrical parameters shrubs carried out....

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Exotic tree invasions Non-native invasive species Ligustrum lucidum Change detection Support Vector Machines classification Urban expansion Landsat Thematic Mapper Argentina Sierras Chicas Córdoba In central Argentina, the Chinese tree glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is an aggressive invasive species replacing native forests, forming dense stands, and is thus a...