The Atlantic Forest is reduced to less than 20% of its original area, but it still protects an important biological heritage. Forest fragmentation makes the environment more susceptible to invasive species occupation. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) was introduced into Brazil in the...

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...

This study aimed to inventory the species used in landscaping the Campus of Agricultural Sciences of the Federal University of Paraíba, Areia, PB, Brazil and to rank them according to their origin and their invasive potential. Through walks throughout the study area (active search), we cataloged...

Ficus religiosa L. is one of the most valued cultivated ornamental fig trees. Native to Asia, it is known as Bodhi tree. Since fig trees are involved in a highly species-specific pollination mutualism with agaonid wasps, exotic fig species usually fail to produce seeds due to the lack of the...

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 ...

The Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS), a degraded protected area in southeastern Bangladesh, had been under comanagement since 2004. This study examined phytosociological characteristics and diversity of trees in CWS and discussed villagers' opinions on the impact of comanagement on forest...

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...

Classical biological control agents fail to achieve an impact on their hosts for a variety of reasons and an understanding of why they fail can help shape decisions on subsequent releases. Ornamental Ficus microcarpa is a widely planted avenue fig tree that is invasive in countries where its...