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Sitophilus zeamais Sitophilus zeamais (greater grain weevil)
S. oryzae and S. zeamais are very important pests of cereals. In maize or sorghum, attack may start in the mature crop when the moisture content of...
Coccinella septempunctata Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spot ladybird)
Hodek and Michaud (2008) examined factors that could be responsible for the predominance of C. septempunctata in most habitats of the...
avian influenza avian influenza
Influenza viruses belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae and are divided on the basis of their antigenic nature into types A, B and C. Only type...
Lepidium draba Lepidium draba (hoary cress)
L. draba is found in a wide range of habitats ranging from roadsides (highly disturbed sites) to rangelands, meadows and pastures, cultivated...
Varroa destructor Varroa destructor (Varroa mite)
V. destructor is an ectoparasitic mite that attacks all lifecycle stages of many species of honey bees, including the common Apis...
  Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry)
The disease is significant worldwide on strawberry (on which it is considered the second most important pathogen after Botrytis cinerea), and also...
Conyza sumatrensis Conyza sumatrensis (tall fleabane)
C. sumatrensis is a mainly annual herbaceous weed which spreads by producing high numbers of wind-dispersed seeds. It prefers undisturbed sites and...
Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne arenaria (peanut root-knot nematode)
M. arenaria is an economically important plant pathogen that parasitizes thousands of plant species worldwide. The peanut root-knot nematode is a...
Meloidogyne javanica Meloidogyne javanica (sugarcane eelworm)
Difficulties of identification within the genus Meloidogyne (see Hartman and Sasser, 1985) and the frequent occurrence of mixed species populations...
  Monilia polystroma (Asiatic brown rot)
M. polystroma is the conidial form of an unknown apothecial ascomycete closely related to Monilinia fructigena, from which...
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