A population of the Indian wax scale (Ceroplastes ceriferus) was detected in Budapest, Bikáspark (Hungary) in November 2016, which is a new species to the Hungarian fauna. Overwintering females were found on hybrid plane (Platanus × acerifolia), mullberry (Morus alba) and silver maple (Acer...

In spring 2015 and 2016, stem rot symptoms were observed on mulberry (Morus alba cv. Hongguo No. 2) in a 10-ha commercial farm in Luoyang City, Henan Province, China, where approximately 50% of the plants were found diseased. Symptoms of the disease initially appeared on the stems as light brown...

In the summer of 2015, symptoms of leaf blight, chlorosis, wilting, defoliation, trunk cankers with resin exudates and root rot were observed on scattered mulberry trees in home gardens near Catania (Sicily). Overall, 15 out of 100 trees were symptomatic. The causal pathogens were identified as ...

During summer 2012, a bacterial canker disease was observed on the trunks and scaffold branches of white mulberry (Morus alba) trees in northwestern Iran. The symptoms of the disease were dark brown to black, elongated lesions on the trunk. Dead barks were easily removed from the underlying tissues ...

To support studies of the genetic diversity and population structure of Ficus carica L., 16 additional microsatellite markers were developed from genomic libraries enriched for GA/TC and GT/AC motifs. A total of 87 alleles were amplified in 83 analyzed fig samples. The number of alleles per locus...

Meloidogyne hispanica was identified morphologically, using perineal patterns, from root samples collected from a white mulberry growing in a park in Tehran, Iran. Molecular analysis was also undertaken, based on the D2-D3 segment of the 28S rDNA region, and confirmed this population as M....

Pealius machili (Takahashi, 1935), the mulberry whitefly Pealius mori (Takahashi, 1932) and the nesting whitefly Paraleyrodes minei (Iaccarino, 1990) were found infesting mulberry in Greece. The first species is reported for first time outside China, the second species was recorded for the first...

The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) has been found in Israel for the first time. This is also the first record of this invasive species in the Western Palaearctic region. The mealybug was detected at two locations in...

Morus nigra Linn. (black mulberry) is used in gastrointestinal ailments. This study demonstrates gut modulatory properties of M. nigra. The prokinetic, laxative, and antidiarrheal activities of M. nigra were assessed in mice, while isolated rabbit jejunum and guinea-pig ileum were used to explore...

Trade seedlings without certification contributed to spread pests and diseases which can cause a large damage to grown plants. In Itapetininga (SP), was seized by Agricultural Defense staff, seedlings of barbados cherry, guava and mulberry, sold in trucks, all of that had galls on roots, typical...