Publications
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| antimicrobial potential of sicilian honeys against commensal escherichia coli and pathogenic salmonella serovar infantis. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effect of 71 locally produced honeys from different botanical sources collected from apiarist's open markets in sicily. | 2013 | 24779285 |
| occurrence of patulin and its dietary intake through pear, peach, and apricot juices in italy. | pear, peach, apricot, and mixed juices (125 samples) were purchased in italian supermarkets and organic food shops and analysed for patulin content. an overall incidence of 34.4% was observed in the fruit juices, with a mean contamination level of 3.6 µg kg(-1). no one sample exceeded 50 µg kg(-1), the maximum permitted limit according to european legislation. however, 19 positive samples contained more than 10 µg kg(-1) of patulin, which is the maximum level permitted for baby food. the inciden ... | 2008 | 24784810 |
| tritrichomonas foetus: characterisation of ecto-phosphatase activities in the endoflagelar form and their possible participation on the parasite's transformation and cytotoxicity. | the protist parasite tritrichomonas foetus displays a pear-shaped (ps) and a pseudocystic or endoflagellar form (eff). here, we characterised the ecto-phosphatase activity on the surface of eff and compare its biochemical properties to that of the ps regarding rate of substrate hydrolysis, ph activation profile and sensitivity to well-known phosphatases inhibitors. two strains exhibiting low- and high-cytotoxicity were used. the enzyme activities of ps and eff exhibited similar characteristics o ... | 2014 | 24793018 |
| identification of a pantoea biosynthetic cluster that directs the synthesis of an antimicrobial natural product. | fire blight is a destructive disease of apple and pear caused by the enteric bacterial pathogen, erwinia amylovora. e. amylovora initiates infection by colonizing the stigmata of apple and pear trees, and entering the plants through natural openings. epiphytic populations of the related enteric bacterium, pantoea, reduce the incidence of disease through competition and antibiotic production. in this study, we identify an antibiotic from pantoea ananatis brt175, which is effective against e. amyl ... | 2014 | 24796857 |
| phylogenetic analyses provide the first insights into the evolution of ovate family proteins in land plants. | the ovate gene encodes a nuclear-localized regulatory protein belonging to a distinct family of plant-specific proteins known as the ovate family proteins (ofps). ovate was first identified as a key regulator of fruit shape in tomato, with nonsense mutants displaying pear-shaped fruits. however, the role of ofps in plant development has been poorly characterized. | 2014 | 24812252 |
| gorham-stout syndrome: a case report. | gorham-stout syndrome, is an extremely rare disease of the bone, characterized for vascular and lymphatic channels proliferation in bony segments and consequent osseous resorption. there are around 200 cases reported around the world. although bisphosphonates are used for symptoms relief, there is no standardized treatment established. we present a case that was diagnosed in our centre secondary to a resistant epistaxis and a literature review of this condition. | 2014 | 24825048 |
| anaerobic co-digestion of dairy cattle manure and pear waste. | anaerobic co-digestion of pre-treated dairy cattle manure (lcm) with pear waste after a storage period (plf) was tested at four inclusion levels: 0%, 25%, 75% and 100%. inclusion levels consisted in the replacement of the volatile solids (vs) from the lcm with the vs from plf keeping the organic loading rate around 1.1 ± 0.4 g svl(-1)d(-1). the introduction of the co-substrate clearly enhanced methane production rate (mpr) in comparison to single substrate (phase i) as phases ii and iii, respect ... | 2014 | 24865319 |
| a new genus with six new species of typhlopolycystidinae evdonin, 1977 (platyhelminthes, kalyptorhynchia, polycystididae). | five new species of the new taxon brunetorhynchus n. gen. are described: b. deconincki n. sp., b. microstylis n. sp. and b. complicatus n. sp. are from the mediterranean, b. canariensis n. sp. is from the canary island lanzarote, b. cannoni n. sp. is from the australian east coast and one species from the galapagos, formerly described as limipolycystis spec., is transferred to the new genus as b. dubius n. sp.. as in limipolycystis, these species have a single stylet, (accessory stylet type ii), ... | 2014 | 24869820 |
| revision of the checkered beetle genus erymanthus spinola, 1841 (coleoptera, cleridae, clerinae). | the genus erymanthus spinola, 1841 is taxonomically revised to include sixteen species. the species e. transversopustulatus n. sp. is described as new. erymanthus concoloripennis pic, 1932, n. syn. is placed in synonymy with e. bicolor chapin, 1924, e. horridus var. semirufus kuwert, 1893 is recognized as a distinct and valid species e. semirufus; e. variegatus pic, 1950 n. syn. is synonymized with e. pustulosus quedenfeldt, 1888. a key to the species, color photographs, genital figu ... | 2014 | 24869839 |
| nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (coleoptera: cleridae) types of the natural history museum, london (bmnh). | lectotypes were designated (and holotypes and paralectotypes recognized) for 44 species of hydnocerinae, including the type species for isolemidia, parmius, paupris, allelidea, blaesiopthalmus and lemidia, four species of enoclerus (clerinae), and 14 species of cymatodera (tillinae). annotations include comments on additional type material, new type locality, previous (type series) locality, and questionable or mysterious types. phyllobaenus pallipes (gorham) and p. rufithorax (gorham) are synon ... | 2014 | 24870084 |
| notes on lycocerus kiontochananus (pic, 1921) and description of two new species of lycocerus gorham from china (coleoptera, cantharidae). | the lycocerus kiontochananus species complex is revised; l. perroudi (pic, 1937) stat. rev., originally in cantharis, is resurrected from synonymy with l. kiontochananus (pic, 1921); l. atropygidialis (pic, 1937) stat. nov., originally in cantharis, is upgraded from cantharis perroudi var. atropygidialis pic, 1937 and resurrected from synonymy with l. kiontochananus; l. kejvali švihla, 2004 syn. nov. is considered as a junior synonym with l. kiontochananus. the male of l. perroudi and the female ... | 2014 | 24871519 |
| [is the wait-and-see approach in gorham syndrome a therapeutic option?]. | 2014 | 24890889 | |
| ultrastructure of plant leaf cuticles in relation to sample preparation as observed by transmission electron microscopy. | the leaf cuticular ultrastructure of some plant species has been examined by transmission electron microscopy (tem) in only few studies. attending to the different cuticle layers and inner structure, plant cuticles have been grouped into six general morphological types. with the aim of critically examining the effect of cuticle isolation and preparation for tem analysis on cuticular ultrastructure, adaxial leaf cuticles of blue-gum eucalypt, grey poplar, and european pear were assessed, followin ... | 2014 | 24895682 |
| tc1-like transposable elements in plant genomes. | the tc1/mariner superfamily of transposable elements (tes) is widespread in animal genomes. mariner-like elements, which bear a ddd triad catalytic motif, have been identified in a wide range of flowering plant species. however, as the founding member of the superfamily, tc1-like elements that bear a dd34e triad catalytic motif are only known to unikonts (animals, fungi, and entamoeba). | 2014 | 24926322 |
| arac/xyls family stress response regulators rob, soxs, plia, and opia in the fire blight pathogen erwinia amylovora. | transcriptional regulators of the arac/xyls family have been associated with multidrug resistance, organic solvent tolerance, oxidative stress, and virulence in clinically relevant enterobacteria. in the present study, we identified four homologous arac/xyls regulators, rob, soxs, plia, and opia, from the fire blight pathogen erwinia amylovora ea1189. previous studies have shown that the regulators mara, rob, and soxs from escherichia coli mediate multiple-antibiotic resistance, primarily by upr ... | 2014 | 24936054 |
| improvement of a dry formulation of pseudomonas fluorescens eps62e for fire blight disease biocontrol by combination of culture osmoadaptation with a freeze-drying lyoprotectant. | to study the effect of lyoprotectants and osmoadaptation on viability of pseudomonas fluorescens eps62e during freeze-drying and storage and to evaluate the formulation in terms of efficacy in biocontrol and fitness on pear flowers. | 2014 | 24947806 |
| proteogenomic analysis of the venturia pirina (pear scab fungus) secretome reveals potential effectors. | a proteogenomic analysis is presented for venturia pirina, a fungus that causes scab disease on european pear (pyrus communis). v. pirina is host-specific, and the infection is thought to be mediated by secreted effector proteins. currently, only 36 v. pirina proteins are catalogued in genbank, and the genome sequence is not publicly available. to identify putative effectors, v. pirina was grown in vitro on and in cellophane sheets mimicking its growth in infected leaves. secreted extracts were ... | 2014 | 24965097 |
| gorham-stout disease mimicking spondyloarthritis. | 2014 | 24986965 | |
| growth medium alterations improve in vitro cold storage of pear germplasm. | development of new fruit cultivars is dependent on genetic resource collections such as those at the pomological garden of the institute of horticulture and viticulture near almaty, kazakhstan. the pear germplasm collection of the pomological garden contains 615 cultivars and three species. in vitro cold storage of the collection would provide additional security to the field collection. | 2014 | 24997837 |
| characterization and regulation of the resistance-nodulation-cell division-type multidrug efflux pumps mdtabc and mdtuvw from the fire blight pathogen erwinia amylovora. | the gram-negative bacterium erwinia amylovora is the causal agent of the devastating disease fire blight in rosaceous plants such as apple, pear, quince, raspberry, and cotoneaster. in order to survive and multiply in a host, microbes must be able to circumvent the toxic effects of antimicrobial plant compounds, such as flavonoids and tannins. e. amylovora uses multidrug efflux transporters that recognize and actively export toxic compounds out of the cells. here, two heterotrimeric resistance-n ... | 2014 | 25012600 |
| a proteomics sample preparation method for mature, recalcitrant leaves of perennial plants. | sample preparation is key to the success of proteomics studies. in the present study, two sample preparation methods were tested for their suitability on the mature, recalcitrant leaves of six representative perennial plants (grape, plum, pear, peach, orange, and ramie). an improved sample preparation method was obtained: tris and triton x-100 were added together instead of chaps to the lysis buffer, and a 20% tca-water solution and 100% precooled acetone were added after the protein extraction ... | 2014 | 25028960 |
| steam explosion treatment for ethanol production from branches pruned from pear trees by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. | this study investigated the production of ethanol from unutilized branches pruned from pear trees by steam explosion pretreatment. steam pressures of 25, 35, and 45 atm were applied for 5 min, followed by enzymatic saccharification of the extracted residues with cellulase (cellic ctec2). high glucose recoveries, of 93.3, 99.7, and 87.1%, of the total sugar derived from the cellulose were obtained from water- and methanol-extracted residues after steam explosion at 25, 35, and 45 tm, respectively ... | 2014 | 25036499 |
| comparison of the effects of blending and juicing on the phytochemicals contents and antioxidant capacity of typical korean kernel fruit juices. | four korean kernel fruit (apple, pear, persimmon, and mandarin orange) juices were obtained by household processing techniques (i.e., blending, juicing). whole and flesh fractions of each fruit were extracted by a blender or a juicer and then examined for phytochemical content (i.e., organic acids, polyphenol compounds). the antioxidant capacity of each juice was determined by ferric reducing antioxidant power (frap) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (dpph) assays. results revealed that juices t ... | 2014 | 25054109 |
| redescription of platynaspisflavoguttata (gorham) (coleoptera, coccinellidae) and notes on nomenclature of platynaspiskapuri chakraborty & biswas. | platynaspisflavoguttata (gorham) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) is redescribed and the male genitalia are illustrated for the first time. it is also recorded from sri lanka for the first time. platynaspisbimaculata (hoang, 1983) is a new junior synonym of platynaspisbimaculata pang & mao, 1979 (new synonym). platynaspiskapuri chakraborty & biswas, 2000, the replacement name for platynaspisbimaculata pang & mao, 1979 established by ukrainsky (2007), is also the new replacement name for platynaspisbi ... | 2014 | 25057247 |
| an unusual cause of recurrent chylothorax: gorham syndrome. | 2014 | 25057476 | |
| hyphomonas atlanticus sp. nov., isolated from the atlantic ocean and emended description of the genus hyphomonas. | a taxonomic study was carried out on strains 22ii1-22f38(t) and 22ii-s13e, which were isolated from sea water and sediment from the atlantic ocean, respectively. the two strains were gram-negative, oxidase and catalase positive, oval to pear shaped, and motile by a single polar flagellum. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that both strains belonged to the genus hyphomonas, with highest sequence similarity (98.2%) to the type strains h. jannaschiana dsm 5153(t) and ... | 2014 | 25066824 |
| hyphomonas beringensis sp. nov. and hyphomonas chukchiensis sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the bering sea and chukchi sea. | two gram-negative, non-spore-forming, oval to pear shaped motile strains, designated 25b14_1(t) and bh-bn04-4(t), isolated from surface seawater from the bering sea and chukchi sea, respectively, were subjected to polyphasic taxonomic study. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences demonstrated that strains 25b14_1(t) and bh-bn04-4(t) clustered together with hyphomonas atlanticus 22ii1-22f38(t) and hyphomonas oceanitis dsm 5155(t), respectively, within genus hyphomonas. based on wh ... | 2014 | 25070064 |
| immigrant pantoea agglomerans embedded within indigenous microbial aggregates: a novel spatial distribution of epiphytic bacteria. | immigrant bacteria located on leaf surfaces are important to the health of plants as well as to people who consume fresh fruits and vegetables. however, the spatial distribution and organization of these immigrant bacteria on leaf surfaces are still poorly understood. to examine the spatial organization of these strains, two bacterial strains on tobacco leaves: (1) an indigenous strain, pseudomonas stutzeri nov. y2011 labeled with green fluorescent protein, and (2) an immigrant strain pantoea ag ... | 2014 | 25076531 |
| cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov. (acari: stigmaeidae) from kurdistan, iran. | two new species belonging to the family stigmaeidae, cheylostigmaeus tarae sp. nov. and stigmaeus delaramae sp. nov., are described from specimens collected from soil and litter under pear trees, pyrus communis l. (rosaceae) in iran. a key to all iranian species of the genera cheylostigmaeus (male) and stigmaeus (female) are provided. | 2014 | 25082045 |
| effect of increasing amounts of postextraction algal residue on straw utilization in steers. | algal biomass has been identified as a third-generation biofuel. significant quantities of the coproduct postextraction algal residue (pear) remain after lipid extraction. after extraction, pear is concentrated in protein (17.9% cp on a dm basis and 32.5% cp on an ash-free basis), suggesting it may be an alternative to cottonseed meal (csm) as a protein supplement. our objectives were to determine the optimal level of pear supplementation to steers consuming straw and to compare the effects of p ... | 2014 | 25085404 |
| [effects of different host plants on the cold-resistant substances in overwintering larvae of carposina sasakii matsumura (lepidoptera: carposinidae)]. | to evaluate the influence of different host plants including apple, wild jujube, jujube, pear and hawthorn on the cold-tolerance substances in overwintering larvae of the peach fruit moth carposina sasakii matsumura, we measured the larvae super-cooling capacity, the water content (w), total fat content (tfc), total protein content (tpc) and total glycogen content (tgc) in the body. results showed that the mean super-cooling point (scps) and freezing point (fps) of overwintering larvae from the ... | 2014 | 25129956 |
| evaluation of fruit intake and its relation to body mass index of adolescents. | diets high in fruits and vegetables are recommended to maintain health. however, accurate fruit intake evaluation is hard and high sugar content in most of the fruits suggest possible negative relationships with health indices. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the fruit intake status of adolescents and to examine the relationship between fruit intake and body mass index (bmi). for this, 400 middle and high school students were surveyed for their fruit eating attitude, preference, ... | 2014 | 25136540 |
| effect of different film packaging on microbial growth in minimally processed cactus pear (opuntia ficus-indica). | microorganisms are natural contaminants of fresh produce and minimally processed products, and contamination arises from a number of sources, including the environment, postharvest handling and processing. fresh-cut products are particularly susceptible to microbial contaminations because of the changes occurring in the tissues during processing. in package gas composition of modified atmosphere packaging (map) in combination with low storage temperatures besides reducing physiological activity ... | 2013 | 25145227 |
| preliminary results on the ability of pentatomidae to transfer fire blight erwinia amylovora under controlled conditions. | with their piercing-sucking mouthparts stink bugs (heteroptera: pentatomidae), a major pest in especially organic orchards, create wounds in fruit of pear trees. as erwinia amylovora (burrill, winslow et al.), a wide spread bacterial disease affecting many rosaceous plants including pome fruit trees and hawthorn, enters through openings in flowers, leaves, shoots and fruit, feeding punctures caused by these bugs might be inoculated with erwinia bacteria. in order to investigate the ability of th ... | 2013 | 25145257 |
| native pears of sardinia affect penicillium expansum pathogenesis. | penicillium expansum causes blue mould rot, a serious post-harvest disease of pome fruits and is the main producer of the mycotoxin patulin. the occurrence of natural resistance against different hostpathogens, has been evidenced in some pear accessions of the sardinian germoplasm. the aim of this research was to correlate p. expansum growth and patulin production on these indigenous pear accessions. in vitro and in vivo experiments were carried out with seven accessions ('sarmentina', 'vacchesa ... | 2013 | 25151833 |
| traditional beliefs and practices among mexican american immigrants with type ii diabetes: a case study. | to describe selected common health beliefs and practices among mexican american immigrants with type ii diabetes. | 2015 | 25156743 |
| the red sport of 'zaosu' pear and its red-striped pigmentation pattern are associated with demethylation of the pymyb10 promoter. | 'zaosu' pear, a hybrid of pyrus pyrifolia and pyrus communis, is a popular cultivar developed in china. 'zaosu red' is a bud sport of 'zaosu' with red shoots, young leaves, and fruit. after grafting of 'zaosu red', reverse mutations in some branches lead to a loss of colour in leaves and stems. also, the mature fruit of 'zaosu red' exhibits two phenotypes; fully red and striped. the aim of this study was to establish the mechanism of the red colour mutation in 'zaosu' and the striped pigmentatio ... | 2014 | 25168359 |
| mutation of the erwinia amylovora argd gene causes arginine auxotrophy, nonpathogenicity in apples, and reduced virulence in pears. | fire blight is caused by erwinia amylovora and is the most destructive bacterial disease of apples and pears worldwide. in this study, we found that e. amylovora argd(1000)::tn5, an argd tn5 transposon mutant that has the tn5 transposon inserted after nucleotide 999 in the argd gene-coding region, was an arginine auxotroph that did not cause fire blight in apple and had reduced virulence in immature pear fruits. the e. amylovora argd gene encodes a predicted n-acetylornithine aminotransferase en ... | 2014 | 25172854 |
| laboratory models for the investigation of lymphangiomatosis. | lymphangiomatosis is an uncommon proliferative disorder of the lymphatic vasculature whose etiology remains poorly understood. the lymphangiomatosis spectrum encompasses a remarkable heterogeneity in its potential presentation, including micro- and macrocystic isolated lymphatic malformations, thoracic and intraabdominal diffuse lymphangiomatosis, and osseous and soft-tissue presentations known as gorham-stout disease. recent therapeutic advances are empirical in nature or, at best, inferential, ... | 2014 | 25173588 |
| lymphangiomatosis with dental involvement. | lymphangiomatosis characterized by lymphangiomatous proliferation is a rare disease of unknown etiology, which seems to be more aggressive than gorham-stout syndrome, also known as "the vanished bone disease." | 2015 | 25192473 |
| gorham-stout disease: radiological, histological, and clinical features of 12 cases and review of literature. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is an exceedingly rare disease characterized by progressive osteolysis and angiomatosis. we investigate the features of this disease and evaluate the effects of bisphosphonates (bps) on it. the clinical, radiological, and pathological characteristics of 12 patients diagnosed with gsd were summarized. immunohistochemical staining with specific lymphatic endothelial markers (d2-40), vascular markers (cd 31, cd 34), and vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and vascul ... | 2016 | 25227772 |
| gorham-stout's disease in the metatarsus: a case report. | gorham-stout disease (gsd) is a rare disease occurring in the bone tissue and is characterized by spontaneous, progressive resorption. the etiology and treatment of the disease remains unclear. this article presents a 53-year-old male patient diagnosed with gsd in the 3rd and 4th metatarsal of his right foot. | 2014 | 25230274 |
| lymphatic malformations: diagnosis and management. | lymphatic malformations are benign vascular lesions that arise from embryological disturbances in the development of the lymphatic system. they encompass a wide spectrum of related abnormalities, including cystic lymphatic lesions, angiokeratoma, lymphatic malformations that occur in bones (gorham-stout syndrome), lymphatic and chylous leak conditions, and lymphedema. this article will focus only on lymphatic malformation mass lesions, whereas other related disease entities will be covered elsew ... | 2014 | 25241095 |
| complex lymphatic anomalies. | complex lymphatic anomalies include several diagnoses with overlapping patterns of clinical symptoms, anatomic location, imaging features, hematologic alterations, and complications. lymphatic malformations likely arise through anomalous embryogenesis of the lymphatic system. analysis of clinical, imaging, histologic, and hematologic features is often needed to reach a diagnosis. aspiration of fluid collections can readily define fluid as chylous or not. the presence of chyle indicates dysfuncti ... | 2014 | 25241096 |
| opuntia ficus-indica cladodes as feedstock for ethanol production by kluyveromyces marxianus and saccharomyces cerevisiae. | the feasibility of ethanol production using an enzymatic hydrolysate of pretreated cladodes of opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus) as carbohydrate feedstock was investigated, including a comprehensive chemical analysis of the cladode biomass and the effects of limited aeration on the fermentation profiles and sugar utilization. the low xylose and negligible mannose content of the cladode biomass used in this study suggested that the hemicellulose structure of the o. ficus-indica cladode w ... | 2014 | 25248867 |
| activity of the novel fungicide syp-z048 against plant pathogens. | in in vitro tests with 18 plant pathogens, the fungicide 3-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinyl] pyridine (syp-z048) was highly effective on inhibiting mycelial growth of various ascomycota and basidiomycota, with ec50 values ranging from 0.008 to 1.140 μg/ml. syp-z048 had much weaker activity against growth of oomycota with ec50 values > 100 μg/ml. in a second in vitro test with monilinia fructicola isolates, syp-z048 inhibited mycelial growth (ec50 = 0.013 μg/ml), germ tube elonga ... | 2014 | 25253681 |
| use of glacial acetic acid to enhance bisexual monitoring of tortricid pests with kairomone lures in pome fruits. | studies were conducted to assess glacial acetic acid (gaa) with various host plant volatiles (hpvs) and the sex pheromone, (e,e)-8, 10-dodecadien-1-ol, of codling moth, cydia pomonella (l), as lures in traps for tortricid pests that often co-occur in tree fruits in the western united states. in addition to codling moth, field trapping studies were conducted with oriental fruit moth, grapholita molesta (busck), obliquebanded leafroller choristoneura rosaceana (harris), the leafroller pandemis pyr ... | 2014 | 25268327 |
| [identification of pantoea agglomeran xm2 with biocontrol activity against postharvest pear black spot]. | we isolated the bacterial strain xm2 from prunes (prunus domestica l.) fruit surface. xm2 was identified and tested as an antagonist for postharvest biological control of black spot disease (alternaria alternata) on pear fruits. | 2014 | 25272813 |
| genetic diversity of a natural population of apple stem pitting virus isolated from apple in korea. | apple stem pitting virus (aspv), of the foveavirus genus in the family betaflexiviridae, is one of the most common viruses of apple and pear trees. to examine variability of the coat protein (cp) gene from aspv, eight isolates originating from 251 apple trees, which were collected from 22 apple orchards located in intensive apple growing areas of the north gyeongsang and north jeolla provinces in korea, were sequenced and compared. the nucleotide sequence identity of the cp gene of eight aspv is ... | 2014 | 25289003 |
| pear skin stain caused by mycosphaerella graminicola on niitaka pear (pyrus pyrifolia nakai). | pear skin stains on 'niitaka' pears, which occur from the growing stage to the cold storage stage, reportedly negatively influence the marketing of pears. these stains on fruit skin are likely due to a pathogenic fungus that resides on the skin and is characterized by dark stains; however, the mycelium of this fungus does not penetrate into the sarcocarp and is only present on the cuticle layer of fruit skin. a pathogenic fungus was isolated from the skin lesions of infected fruits, and its path ... | 2014 | 25289008 |
| effect of high hydrostatic pressure processing on microbiological shelf-life and quality of fruits pretreated with ascorbic acid or sncl2. | in the current study, the processing conditions required for the inactivation of paenibacillus polymyxa and relevant spoilage microorganisms by high hydrostatic pressure (hhp) treatment on apricot, peach, and pear pieces in sucrose (22°brix) solution were assessed. accordingly, the shelf-life was determined by evaluating both the microbiological quality and the sensory characteristics (taste, odor, color, and texture) during refrigerated storage after hhp treatment. the microbiological shelf-lif ... | 2014 | 25295275 |
| molecular characterization and expression analyses of an anthocyanin synthase gene from magnolia sprengeri pamp. | anthocyanin synthase (ans), which catalyzes the conversion of colorless leucoanthocyanins into colored anthocyanins, is a key enzyme in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. it plays important roles in plant development and defense. an ans gene designated as msans was cloned from magnolia sprengeri using rapid amplification of complementary dna (cdna) ends technology. the full-length msans is 1171-bp long and contains a 1080-bp open reading frame encoding a 360 amino acid polypeptide. in a seque ... | 2015 | 25315387 |
| cerebrospinal fluid leakage in gorham-stout disease due to dura mater involvement after progression of an osteolytic lesion in the thoracic spine. | patients with gorham-stout disease (gsd), a rare disease of poorly understood etiopathophysiology, suffer from progressive osteolysis. destruction of bone matrix is caused by lymphatic vessels, which can lead to csf leakage if parts of bony structures adjacent to csf spaces are involved. so far, fewer than 200 patients have been reported in the literature; only 4 of these patients presented with csf leakage. the authors report the case of a 30-year-old man with gsd and csf leakage due to dura ma ... | 2014 | 25325172 |
| changes in pectin methyl esterase activity with different packaging materials and stages of fruit harvesting during cold storage of pear cv. punjab beauty. | pear cv. punjab beauty has become quite popular in punjab. excessive softening during cold storage leading to low shelf life is the major factor limiting its wider adoption. studies were, therefore, conducted to determine the firmness and pectin methyl esterase (pme) activity at 4 harvest dates (2nd, 3rd and 4th week of july, and 1st week of august). various packaging materials i.e. corrugated fiber board boxes and crates with high and low density polyethylene liners, corrugated fiber board boxe ... | 2014 | 25328240 |
| thoracic osteotomy for gorham-stout disease of the spine: a case report and literature review. | gorham-stout syndrome is an aggressive, non-heritable skeletal disease characterized by osteolysis following minor trauma. the primary involvement of the spine is less common (10 %) and has been described in only about 20 cases; there is no consensus about the best way to treat this condition. | 2014 | 25331037 |
| exploring new roles for the rpos gene in the survival and virulence of the fire blight pathogen erwinia amylovora. | erwinia amylovora causes fire blight in economically important plants of the family rosaceae. this bacterial pathogen spends part of its life cycle coping with starvation and other fluctuating environmental conditions. in many gram-negative bacteria, starvation and other stress responses are regulated by the sigma factor rpos. we obtained an e. amylovora rpos mutant to explore the role of this gene in starvation responses and its potential implication in other processes not yet studied in this p ... | 2014 | 25331301 |
| preliminary review of the genus stenotarsus perty (coleoptera: endomychidae) from méxico, guatemala and belize, with descriptions of twelve new species. | a preliminary review of the species of stenotarsus perty from méxico, guatemala and belize is presented. twenty-seven species are recorded from the region including 12 new species described here: stenotarsus cortesi sp. nov. (jalisco), s. incisus sp. nov. (quetzaltenango, chiapas, oaxaca, veracruz), s. kafkai sp. nov. (veracruz), s. mesoamericanus sp. nov. (chiapas, puebla), s. mexicanus sp. nov. (veracruz), s. molgorae sp. nov. (jalisco), s. monterrosoi sp. nov. (izabal), s. parallelicornis sp. ... | 2013 | 25340196 |
| effect of postextraction algal residue supplementation on the ruminal microbiome of steers consuming low-quality forage. | cattle consuming low-quality forages (lqf) require protein supplementation to increase forage utilization via ruminal fermentation. biofuel production from algal biomass results in large quantities of postextraction algal residue (pear), which has the potential to elicit lqf utilization responses similar to cottonseed meal (csm); however, its effect on ruminal bacterial communities is unknown. five ruminally and duodenally cannulated angus steers in a 5 × 5 latin square had ad libitum access to ... | 2014 | 25349354 |
| cloning and expression analysis of ppsut2 encoding a sucrose transporter in pear. | a 1794-bp cdna fragment was amplified from mrna isolated from pear (pyrus pyrifolia nakai. cuiguan) leaves by using primers based on the sequences generated during the analysis of the pear transcriptome. the 597-amino acid sequence encoded by the cdna was compared with the sequences in genbank, and it was found to be similar to that of members of the sucrose-proton co-transporter family. the hydrophobic protein, which was predicted to have 11 transmembrane domains, was designated as ppsut2. real ... | 2014 | 25366784 |
| protein enrichment of an opuntia ficus-indica cladode hydrolysate by cultivation of candida utilis and kluyveromyces marxianus. | the cladodes of opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear cactus) have a low protein content; for use as a balanced feed, supplementation with other protein sources is therefore desirable. we investigated protein enrichment by cultivation of the yeasts candida utilis and kluyveromyces marxianus in an enzymatic hydrolysate of the cladode biomass. | 2015 | 25371280 |
| vanishing bone disease (gorham-stout syndrome): a review of a rare entity. | vanishing bone disease (gorham-stout syndrome) is a rare entity of unknown etiology, characterized by destruction of osseous matrix and proliferation of vascular structures, resulting in destruction and absorption of bone. despite the extensive investigation of the pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease, its etiology hasn't been clarified and several theories exist. the syndrome can affect one or multiple bones of the patient, including the skull, the upper and lower extremities, the spine and p ... | 2014 | 25405099 |
| complete dsrna sequence of a novel victorivirus isolated from the pear stem wart fungus botryosphaeria dothidea. | botryosphaeria dothidea is a pathogen that causes many important diseases of deciduous fruit trees worldwide. in this study, a double-stranded (ds) rna of 5322 base pairs (bp) in length from strain gy25 of b. dothidea was isolated and sequenced. the dsrna potentially contained two overlapping open reading frames (orfs). the predicted gene product of orf1 had the highest amino acid sequence similarity, 37 % (e-value, 8e(-101)), to the capsid protein of rosellinia necatrix victorivirus 1 (rnv1), a ... | 2015 | 25416855 |
| distribution patterns of babesia gibsoni infection in hunting dogs from nine japanese islands. | canine babesiosis constitutes a major global veterinary medical problem caused by tick-borne hemoparasites babesia gibsoni and babesia canis. babesia gibsoni induces more severe clinical signs and is mainly transmitted by the ixodid haemaphysalis longicornis. in japan, b. gibsoni is primarily found in the western districts, with few records in the eastern parts. the aim of the current investigation was to evaluate distribution patterns of b. gibsoni infection in 9 japanese islands and peninsulas ... | 2015 | 25419881 |
| breast reduction in a patient with gorham-stout vanishing bone syndrome. | the authors describe a 23-year-old woman with gorham's syndrome who underwent an uneventful bilateral reduction mammoplasty which has not been reported in the medical literature today. the patient had undergone multiple surgical and medical interventions before presentation in the senior author's clinic including a vascularized free fibular graft which ultimately disappeared due to disease progression. preoperatively, the patient complained of debilitating neck and back pain secondary to her mac ... | 2014 | 25426364 |
| one-step multiplex quantitative rt-pcr for the simultaneous detection of viroids and phytoplasmas of pome fruit trees. | a one-step multiplex real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-qpcr) based on taqman chemistry was developed for the simultaneous detection of pear blister canker viroid and apple scar skin viroid along with universal detection of phytoplasmas, in pome trees. total nucleic acids (tnas) extraction was performed according to a modified ctab protocol. primers and taqman mgb probes for specific detection of the two viroids were designed in this study, whereas for phy ... | 2015 | 25479356 |
| patulin and its dietary intake by fruit juice consumption in iran. | a survey was conducted to determine levels and dietary intake of patulin (pat) from fruit juices consumed in iran. pat content was determined using high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection in 161 samples of fruit juices including apple, pineapple, pear, peach, pomegranate and white and red grape juices. results revealed the presence of pat in 16.1% of the samples examined, ranging from 5 to 190.7 µg/kg. average and median pat content in positive samples was 34.5 and 18.5 µg/k ... | 2015 | 25494337 |
| morphology of the ampullae of lorenzini in juvenile freshwater carcharhinus leucas. | ampullae of lorenzini were examined from juvenile carcharhinus leucas (831-1,045 mm total length) captured from freshwater regions of the brisbane river. the ampullary organ structure differs from all other previously described ampullae in the canal wall structure, the general shape of the ampullary canal, and the apically nucleated supportive cells. ampullary pores of 140-205 µm in diameter are distributed over the surface of the head region with 2,681 and 2,913 pores present in two sharks that ... | 2015 | 25515416 |
| molecular, phenotypic aspects and therapeutic horizons of rare genetic bone disorders. | a rare disease afflicts less than 200,000 individuals, according to the national organization for rare diseases (nord) of the united states. over 6,000 rare disorders affect approximately 1 in 10 americans. rare genetic bone disorders remain the major causes of disability in us patients. these rare bone disorders also represent a therapeutic challenge for clinicians, due to lack of understanding of underlying mechanisms. this systematic review explored current literature on therapeutic direction ... | 2014 | 25530967 |
| oxidative stress associated with rootstock-scion interactions in pear/quince combinations during early stages of graft development. | exposing a plant to stress situations, such as grafting, generally triggers antioxidant defense systems. in fruit tree grafting, quince (cydonia oblonga) is widely used as a rootstock for pear (pyrus communis l.), but several economically important pear cultivars are incompatible with available quince rootstocks. in this study, grafts were established using an in vitro callus graft system mimicking the events taking place in fruit trees. in vitro grown callus from pear [p. communis l. cv. 'confe ... | 2015 | 25543953 |
| minireview: nuclear receptor regulation of osteoclast and bone remodeling. | osteoclasts are bone-resorbing cells essential for skeletal remodeling and regeneration. however, excessive osteoclasts often contribute to prevalent bone degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and cancer bone metastasis. osteoclast dysregulation is also associated with rare disorders such as osteopetrosis, pycnodysostosis, paget's disease, and gorham-stout syndrome. the nuclear receptor (nr) family of transcription factors functions as metabolic sensors that control a variety of ... | 2015 | 25549044 |
| landscape ethnoecological knowledge base and management of ecosystem services in a székely-hungarian pre-capitalistic village system (transylvania, romania). | previous studies showed an in-depth ecological understanding by traditional people of managing natural resources. we studied the landscape ethnoecological knowledge (leek) of székelys on the basis of 16-19(th) century village laws. we analyzed the habitat types, ecosystem services and sustainable management types on which village laws had focused. | 2015 | 25567233 |
| effect of the yeast rhodosporidium paludigenum on postharvest decay and patulin accumulation in apples and pears. | the effect of a strain of marine yeast rhodosporidium paludigenum on postharvest blue mold and patulin accumulation in apples and pears stored at 23°c was evaluated. the occurrence and severity of apple and pear decay caused by penicillium expansum were significantly inhibited by r. paludigenum. however, the application of the yeast at a high concentration (10(8) cells per ml) enhanced patulin accumulation after 7 days of storage; the amount of patulin increased 24.2 times and 12.6 times compare ... | 2015 | 25581191 |
| vertebroplasty in a 10-year-old boy with gorham-stout syndrome. | to describe our experience using balloon vertebroplasty with polymethylmethacrylate filler in a 10-year-old boy with gorham-stout syndrome. gorham-stout syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by intraosseous proliferation of fibrovascular or lymphatic tissue that results in progressive osteolysis and bone destruction. it can affect any part of the skeleton and lead to pathological fractures and muscular weakness or atrophy. the literature contains few reports on the surgic ... | 2015 | 25586760 |
| genome-wide identification and comparative analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family in chinese white pear (pyrus bretschneideri) and five other rosaceae species. | heat shock transcription factors (hsfs), which act as important transcriptional regulatory proteins in eukaryotes, play a central role in controlling the expression of heat-responsive genes. at present, the genomes of chinese white pear ('dangshansuli') and five other rosaceae fruit crops have been fully sequenced. however, information about the hsfs gene family in these rosaceae species is limited, and the evolutionary history of the hsfs gene family also remains unresolved. | 2015 | 25604453 |
| hurdle technology applied to prickly pear beverages for inhibiting saccharomyces cerevisiae and escherichia coli. | the effect of ph reduction (from 6·30-6·45 to 4·22-4·46) and the addition of antimicrobial compounds (sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate) on the inhibition of saccharomyces cerevisiae and escherichia coli in prickly pear beverages formulated with the pulp and peel of villanueva (v, opuntia albicarpa) and rojo vigor (rv, opuntia ficus-indica) varieties during 14 days of storage at 25°c, was evaluated. rv variety presented the highest microbial inhibition. by combining ph reduction and preserva ... | 2015 | 25702901 |
| a successfully treated case of gorham-stout syndrome with sternal involvement. | gorham-stout syndrome (gss) is a rare disease characterized by localized bone resorption. any part of the skeleton may be affected; therefore, symptoms can vary depending on the site involved. pathological analysis reveals lymphovascular proliferation and osteolysis in the affected lesion, but the etiology of the disease is poorly understood. when gss occurs in the chest, chylothorax or respiratory failure may occur. thus far, a standard treatment for gss has not been established, and the progno ... | 2015 | 25705608 |
| description of six new species of lycocerus gorham (coleoptera, cantharidae), with taxonomic note and new distribution data of some other species. | six new species of lycocerus gorham are described, lycocerusgracilicornis sp. n. (china: sichuan), lycoceruslongihirtus sp. n. (china: yunnan), lycocerussichuanus sp. n. (china: sichuan), lycocerushubeiensis sp. n. (china: hubei), lycocerusnapolovi sp. n. (vietnam: sa pa) and lycocerus quadrilineatus sp. n. (vietnam: sa pa), and provided with illustrations of habitus, antennae and aedeagi of male or and antennae, abdominal sternites viii and genitalia of female. lycocerusrubroniger švihla, 2011 ... | 2014 | 25709523 |
| influence of rootstocks on growth, yield, fruit quality and leaf mineral element contents of pear cv. 'santa maria' in semi-arid conditions. | rootstocks play an essential role to determining orchard performance of fruit trees. pyrus communis and cydonia oblonga are widely used rootstocks for european pear cultivars. the lack of rootstocks adapted to different soil conditions and different grafted cultivars is widely acknowledged in pear culture. cydonia rootstocks (clonal) and pyrus rootstocks (seedling or clonal) have their advantages and disadvantages. in each case, site-specific environmental characteristics, specific cultivar resp ... | 2014 | 25723734 |
| planctomicrobium piriforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a stalked planctomycete from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake. | an aerobic, budding, non-pigmented and rosette-forming bacterium was isolated from a littoral wetland of a boreal lake located in valaam island, northern russia, and designated strain p3(t). ellipsoidal to pear-shaped cells of this bacterium were covered with crateriform pits and possessed stalks suggesting a planctomycete morphotype. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis confirmed that strain p3(t) was a member of the order planctomycetales and belonged to a phylogenetic lineage defined by the genus ... | 2015 | 25724745 |
| enhanced tolerance and accumulation of heavy metal ions by engineered escherichia coli expressing pyrus calleryana phytochelatin synthase. | contamination by heavy metals is a major environmental problem worldwide and microbial bioremediation is an efficient method for removing this type of pollution. the plant enzymephytochelatin synthase (pcs, also known as glutathione g-glutamylcysteinyltransferase, ec2.3.2.15) involved in the synthesis of phytochelatins (pcs), which are metal-binding cysteine-rich peptides, has a major role in the detoxification of heavy metals in plants. expression of the pcpcs1 gene from the bean pear (pyrus ca ... | 2015 | 25727053 |
| degro guidelines for the radiotherapy of non-malignant disorders : part iii: hyperproliferative disorders. | radiation therapy (rt) is an established and effective treatment modality in the management of a large variety of hyperproliferative disorders and benign neoplasms. objective of this article is to summarize the updated degro consensus s2e guideline recommendations. | 2015 | 25753848 |
| species-specific duplications driving the recent expansion of nbs-lrr genes in five rosaceae species. | disease resistance (r) genes from different rosaceae species have been identified by map-based cloning for resistance breeding. however, there are few reports describing the pattern of r-gene evolution in rosaceae species because several rosaceae genome sequences have only recently become available. | 2015 | 25759136 |
| gorham disease of the mandible. | gorham disease, or massive osteolysis, is a rare condition of unknown etiology. the disease is characterized by spontaneous progressive osteolysis of 1 or more skeletal bones. the mandible is the most commonly involved bone in the maxillofacial region. this article reports a case of gorham disease with mandibular involvement in a 46-year-old male patient with a 7-year follow-up. in this case, we performed lower right mandibular osteotomy and reconstruction with a phased titanium plate. postopera ... | 2015 | 25759934 |
| gorham's disease with chest wall involvement: a case report and a review of the literature. | gorham's disease is a rare disorder characterized by osteolysis and abnormal vascular growth within bones. diagnosis of gorham's disease is often delayed and for accurate and early diagnosis high clinical suspicion is crucial. no specific treatment is available. management options include surgery, radiation therapy and medical therapy. we aimed to present the first case of gorham's disease with chest wall involvement in iran. by review of the literature we discussed important issues of this rare ... | 2014 | 25763205 |
| complete genome sequence of planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (dsm 5305(t)), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of planctomycetes including the descriptions of gimesia gen. nov., planctopirus gen. nov. and rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order planctomycetales and the family planctomycetaceae. | planctomyces brasiliensis schlesner 1990 belongs to the order planctomycetales, which differs from other bacterial taxa by several distinctive features such as internal cell compartmentalization, multiplication by forming buds directly from the spherical, ovoid or pear-shaped mother cell and a cell wall consisting of a proteinaceous layer rather than a peptidoglycan layer. the first strains of p. brasiliensis, including the type strain ifam 1448(t), were isolated from a water sample of lagoa ver ... | 2014 | 25780503 |
| erwinia amylovora pyrc mutant causes fire blight despite pyrimidine auxotrophy. | erwinia amylovora bacteria cause fire blight disease, which affects apple and pear production worldwide. the erw. amylovora pyrc gene encodes a predicted dihydroorotase enzyme involved in pyrimidine biosynthesis. here, we discovered that the erw. amylovora pyrc244::tn5 mutant was a uracil auxotroph. unexpectedly, the erw. amylovora pyrc244::tn5 mutant grew as well as the wild-type in detached immature apple and pear fruits. fire blight symptoms caused by the pyrc244::tn5 mutant in immature apple ... | 2015 | 25789570 |
| genome assembly of schlumbergera virus x infecting prickly pear (opuntia cochenillifera) in brazil. | potexviruses frequently infect plants from the family cactaceae. we report the complete genome sequence of a new schlumbergera virus x (schvx) isolate. the genome has 6,615 nucleotides and shares 94% nucleotide identity with schvx-k11 from schlumbergera. this is the first sequence of an isolate of schvx from the genus opuntia. | 2015 | 25792054 |
| role of electron transport chain of chloroplasts in oxidative burst of interaction between erwinia amylovora and host cells. | erwinia amylovora is a necrogenic bacterium, causing the fire blight disease on many rosaceous plants. triggering oxidative burst by e. amylovora is a key response by which host plants try to restrain pathogen spread. electron transport chain (etc) of chloroplasts is known as an inducible source of reactive oxygen species generation in various stresses. this research was performed to assess the role of this etc in e. amylovora-host interaction using several inhibitors of this chain in susceptibl ... | 2015 | 25820489 |
| evaluation of yeasts from tibetan fermented products as agents for biocontrol of blue mold of nashi pear fruits. | a total of 20 strains of yeast isolated from tibetan fermented products were screened for antagonism against blue mold of pear caused by penicillium expansum. six isolates that inhibited incidence of postharvest decay by 35% or more were selected for further screening. among them, the most effective was rhodotorula mucilaginosa. the results showed that washed cell suspensions of r. mucilaginosa yielded better antagonistic efficacy than unwashed cell-culture mixtures, cell-free culture filtrates, ... | 2015 | 25845361 |
| effect of ripeness stage during processing on listeria monocytogenes growth on fresh-cut 'conference' pears. | there are several factors that affect the shelf life of fresh-cut fruit, including the cultivar, the ripeness stage of the fruit during processing and the fruit's storage atmosphere and temperature. the effect of fruit ripeness during processing on the survival and growth of listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut 'conference' pear slices at different temperatures (5, 10 and 20 °c) was studied. the four ripeness stages studied in this work (assessed by a fruit's firmness) were mature-green (54-60 n) ... | 2015 | 25846921 |
| a comparative proteome analysis reveals flagellin, chemotaxis regulated proteins and amylovoran to be involved in virulence differences between erwinia amylovora strains. | erwinia amylovora is a gram-negative bacterium that causes the destructive disease fire blight affecting most members of the rosaceae family, of which apple and pear are economically the most important hosts. e. amylovora has been considered as a homogeneous species in whole, although significant differences in virulence patterns have been observed. however, the underlying causes of the differences in virulence remain to be discovered. in a first-time comparative proteomic approach using e. amyl ... | 2015 | 25849252 |
| biphenyl 4-hydroxylases involved in aucuparin biosynthesis in rowan and apple are cytochrome p450 736a proteins. | upon pathogen attack, fruit trees such as apple (malus spp.) and pear (pyrus spp.) accumulate biphenyl and dibenzofuran phytoalexins, with aucuparin as a major biphenyl compound. 4-hydroxylation of the biphenyl scaffold, formed by biphenyl synthase (bis), is catalyzed by a cytochrome p450 (cyp). the biphenyl 4-hydroxylase (b4h) coding sequence of rowan (sorbus aucuparia) was isolated and functionally expressed in yeast (saccharomyces cerevisiae). sab4h was named cyp736a107. no catalytic function ... | 2015 | 25862456 |
| fast and online determination of five avermectin residues in foodstuffs of plant and animal origin using reusable polymeric monolithic extractor coupled with lc-ms/ms. | a hydrophobic monolith (10 mm × 2.1 mm i.d.) was developed as a reusable online solid-phase extraction (spe) sorbent coupled with lc-ms/ms for the rapid determination of five avermectin residues in foodstuffs of both plant and animal origin. the online spe was achieved using a 10 mmol/l ammonium acetate solution as the loading solvent, and acetonitrile (mecn) was selected for the washing step. after being transferred from the monolith into a c18 analytical column using mecn, the analytes were an ... | 2015 | 25865176 |
| syntheses of natural 1,3-polyol/α-pyrone and its all stereoisomers to estimate antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi. | all stereoisomers of 1,3-polyol/α-pyrone 1-8 with more than 99% ee were synthesized to estimate the effect of stereochemistry on the antifungal activity. the absolute configuration of natural compound was determined as (6r,2's,4'r)-2. the eight stereoisomers showed the antifungal activity against plant pathogenic alternaria alternata japanese pear pathotype and colletotrichum lagenarium. the large difference of activity level was not observed between stereoisomers, showing 43-72% of growth ratio ... | 2015 | 25872981 |
| changes in the structural organization of the cytoskeleton of tritrichomonas foetus during trophozoite-pseudocyst transformation. | tritrichomonas foetus is a parasite that causes bovine trichomonosis, a major sexually transmitted disease in cattle. it grows in axenic media as a trophozoite with a pear-shaped body, three anterior flagella, and one recurrent flagellum. however, under some well-controlled experimental conditions in vitro, as well as in vivo in infected bulls, the parasite acquires a spherical or elliptical shape, and the flagella are internalized but the cells do not display a cyst wall. this form, known as th ... | 2015 | 25880467 |
| mitochondrial dna revealed the extent of genetic diversity and invasion origin of populations from two separate invaded areas of a newly invasive pest, cydia pomonella (l.) (lepidoptera: tortricidae) in china. | cydia pomonella is a serious invasive insect pest in china, and has caused severe damage to the production of apple and pear in its invaded areas. this species is distributing in the northwest and northeast of china, but no occurrence of it has been recorded in the large areas (about 3000-5000 km away) between the invaded northwestern and northeastern regions despite continuous monitoring. as yet the genetic diversity and invasion origin of the c. pomonella populations in northwestern and northe ... | 2015 | 25895900 |
| identification of a novel phylogenetic lineage of alternaria alternata causing citrus brown spot in china. | alternaria alternata sensu lato, casual agent of citrus brown spot, first identified in yunnan province in 2010 and subsequently found in zhejiang, hunan, guangdong provinces, chongqing municipality andguangxi autonomous region in china. during 2010-2012, 86 isolates were collected from diseased citrus, of which 85 % isolates were pathogenic to ponkan tangerine. phylogenetic analyses of chinese and worldwide isolates using partial sequences of an endopolygalacturonase gene (endopg) and combined ... | 2015 | 25937061 |
| notes on the genus mada mulsant with description of a new andean species (coleoptera: coccinellidae: epilachnini). | mada andeana, a new species from the andes is here described. diagnostic characters are illustrated for both male and female. mada durantae gonzález et gómez is here synonymized with mada inepta (gorham), new synonymy. | 2015 | 25947436 |
| medfly ceratitis capitata as potential vector for fire blight pathogen erwinia amylovora: survival and transmission. | monitoring the ability of bacterial plant pathogens to survive in insects is required for elucidating unknown aspects of their epidemiology and for designing appropriate control strategies. erwinia amylovora is a plant pathogenic bacterium that causes fire blight, a devastating disease in apple and pear commercial orchards. studies on fire blight spread by insects have mainly focused on pollinating agents, such as honeybees. however, the mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) ceratitis capitata (dipte ... | 2015 | 25978369 |
| fire blight resistance of pear genotypes from different european countries. | several old cultivars, and breeding clones of european pear pyrus communis l. originating from belgium, england, sweden, and switzerland were evaluated for their resistance/susceptibility to fire blight. studies were carried out during three consecutive years 2007-2009 in the greenhouse of warsaw university of life sciences, poland. strain 691 of erwinia amylovora was used for artificial infection of plants. genotypes included in this study considerably varied in their resistance to fire blight. ... | 2011 | 25983395 |