Abstract Molecular phylogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography corals. Recently developed phylogenomic techniques have started to resolve species-level relationships in diverse ecologically important genus Acropora, providing a path taxonomy this notoriously problematic group. We used targeted capture dataset (2032 loci) investigate sy...

3-[(2-Hydroxyphenyl)amino]butanoic and 3-[(2-hydroxy-5-methyl(chloro)phenyl)amino]butanoic acids were converted to a series of derivatives containing hydrazide, pyrrole and chloroquinoxaline moieties. The corresponding benzo[b]phenoxazine derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of the obtained compounds with 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone. Five of the synthesized compounds exhibited good ...

Abstract Generalist predators are increasingly used in biological pest control for greenhouse crops, as they multiple pests and persist crops even when prey is scarce. However, some of these may cause plant damage due to their omnivorous feeding behaviour. In many European regions, the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) considered be a serious tomato pest, regardless ser...

Coral reefs are the biodiversity hot spots of oceans, but they have suffered from increasing environmental stresses caused principally by anthropogenic global warming. The keystone species coral scleractinian corals, which maintain obligatory symbiotic relationships with photosynthetic dinoflagellates. Understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms symbiosis is therefore essential for future p...

Abstract Countries in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) and along Red Sea are particularly vulnerable to coral reef degradation, understanding degree of connectivity among reefs is a first step toward efficient conservation. The aim this study investigate genetic diversity, population structure patterns broadcast spawning Acropora tenuis, at large scale comparing WIO, second smaller sites within W...