• The ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbiosis was historically considered restricted to the temperate zones, but recent studies have shown the importance of this symbiosis across the tropics. We examined ECM fungal diversity, host plant phylogeny and ECM host preferences in a rainforest dominated by the leguminous host plants Dicymbe corymbosa, Dicymbe altsonii and Aldina insignis. • Ectomycorrhizal fu...

Common Name: Synonym: Mimosa Silver wattle Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (Link) F. Mue Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley Assessor: Chuck Chimera Data Entry Person: Chuck Chimera WRA Score 22 H(HPWRA) Designation: Questionaire : current 20090513 Status: Assessor Approved 101 n y=-3, n=0 Is the species highly domesticated? 102 y=1, n=-1 Has the species become naturalized where grown? 103 y=1, n...

Aphis adesmiae Delfino sp. n. is described from South Patagonia (Argentina). This new aphid species is associated with a native shrub Adesmia boronioides (Fabaceae). Morphological characters of the apterous viviparous female are described and illustrated and biological remarks are given.

during the study on eriophyid mites associated to fabaceae plants in naghare village, lorestan province (iran), one new aculus species (acari: eriophyidae), a. lorestaniensis sp. nov. , was found on glycyrrhiza   glabra  l. and herein described and illustrated. this is the first aculus mites associated to a host plant of the genus glycyrrhiza .