The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a key pest of peaches, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, in North America. We evaluated the effectiveness of two widely used trap types (pyramid versus Circle traps) and commercially available synthetic lures for monitoring the pest in two peach orchards in Alabama during 2008 and 2009. The lures evaluated alone or in ...

Two new paired domain genes of Drosophila, Pox meso and Pox neuro, are described. In contrast to the previously isolated paired domain genes, paired and gooseberry, which contain both a paired and a homeo-domain (PHox genes), Pox meso and Pox neuro possess no homeodomain. Evidence suggesting that the new genes encode tissue-specific transcriptional factors and belong to the same regulatory casc...

Plum pox virus (PPV), sert çekirdekli meyve türlerinin bilinen en tehlikeli viral etmenidir. PPV vektör yaprak bitleri taraf?ndan ta??nmakta ve a?açlar?nda özellikle erik, kay?s? ?eftalinin meyveleri, yapraklar? çiçeklerinde ciddi hasarlara neden olmaktad?r. Enfekteli bitkilerin eradike edilmesi, PPV'ye kar?? al?nmas? gereken tedbirlerin ba??nda gelmektedir. Bu çal??man?n temel amac?; Ulusal Bi...