A new distribution map is provided for Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood. Thysanoptera: Thripidae. Hosts: Aloe spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa (South Africa), Europe (France, Corsica, Italy, Sicily, Portugal).

Cotton is the largest industrial sector in Pakistan. However, due to bad traditional practices and use of high amount pesticides, the whole industry lost about 10-15% of cotton. For reasons of socioeconomic and environmental harm, the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) launched "Better Cotton" in...

This study explores the opportunities for interlinkages across national planning processes for invasive species management (ISM), national climate change adaptation plans (NAPs), national biodiversity management plans (NBSAPs), and other related policies. Focusing on four countries-Pakistan,...

Symptoms of severe leaf curling, typical of begomovirus infection, were observed on a plant of Brugmansia arborea grown in lawns of Quaid-i-Azam university Islamabad, Pakistan. A begomovirus and its associated betasatellite were amplified and sequenced from infected plants. Nucleotide sequence...

A description is provided for Gyalidea roseola, a lichen-forming fungus occurring on rock in natural and undisturbed environments and also on mining spoil. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution...

Gamelia bennetti sp. nov. is described from Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, and compared with members of the Gamelia abas species group: G. abas (Cramer, [1775]), G. berliozi Lemaire, 1967, G. lichyi Lemaire, 1973, G. rubriluna (Walker, 1862) and G. septentrionalis (Bouvier, 1936). A...

A new distribution map is provided for Ascochyta koolunga (Davidson et al.) Hou, Cai and Crous (Dothideomycetes: Didymellaceae: Pleosporales). Host: field pea (Pisum sativum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Oceania (Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Western...

A description is provided for Pleistophora finisterrensis, the only microsporidian recorded from Micromesistius poutassou, the blue whiting, a North Atlantic fish of the order Gadiformes, and known from no other host. Some information on its morphology, dispersal and transmission and conservation...

A description is provided for Pleistophora littoralis, one of only 2 microsporidians recorded from Lipophrys pholis, the shanny, or smooth or common blenny, a North Atlantic fish of the order Blenniiformes. Some information on its morphology, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is...