Ophiostoma stenoceras is a well-known sapwood-colonizing fungus occurring on some coniferous and hardwood hosts in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, the fungus has been reported only from New Zealand. The human pathogen, Sporothrix schenckii, has been suggested to be the anamorph of O. stenoceras. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the phylogenetic re...

The genus Narcissus belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae. This has been subject of numerous cytological and cytometric studies have shown enormous variation in terms genome size, ploidy level, even basic chromosome number. numbers are 5 or 7, but 10, 11, 12 recorded as well. Most narcissus cultivars euploid tetraploids. There also triploids. Some aneuploid such tetraploids triploids, with missi...

Treatment of daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) bulbs in a 0.37% formaldehyde water solution at 44 C for 240 minutes is a standard practice in California for management of the stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci. Recent concern over the safety of formaldehyde and growers' requests for a shorter treatment time prompted a reevaluation of the procedure. The time (Y, in minutes) required ...