Molecular systematics and morphological study of the monophyletic weevil genus Acalles Schoenherr, 1825 are presented. Based on the mitochondrial CO1 barcoding gene and 16S ribosomal RNA gene, we discuss three difficult species complexes in the framework of a molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of 37 of 47 Western Palaearctic Acalles species or subspecies: the A. echinatus, A. maraoensis and ...

The University of Vermont Apple Program received a USDA grant to study the long-term effects of “particle film technology” on Northeast apple orchards. This technology has been commercially available to growers since 2001 in the kaolin clay–based product Surround. Surround is viewed as a potential alternative for some organophosphate uses in orchards. It is considered a “Reduced Risk Pesticid...