A survey of small-holder banana farms was undertaken in February/March 2019 Savannakhet, Salavan, Sekong and Champasak provinces southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to establish which leaf pathogens were present. Twenty-five visited, seven different cultivars assessed, 13 samples with characteristic symptoms freckle disease collected. Phyllosticta musarum detected on the variety...

Fungal growth inhibition on solid media has been historically measured and calculated based on the average of perpendicular diameter measurements of growth on fungicide amended media. We investigated the sensitivity of the calculated area (DA) and the measured area (MA) for assessing fungicide growth inhibition of the ascomycete, Phyllosticta citricarpa on solid media. Both the calculated, DA a...

A new Neoblastobasis Kuznetzov & Sinev, 1985, Neoblastobasis camelliae Chen & Wu, sp. nov., is described from Jiangxi, China, and reported feeding on the fruits of Camellia oleifera Abel (Theaceae). Illustrations of the adult antennal base, tergal spines on the posterior part of tergites, male genital structures, and notes on its biology are provided. A list of the Blastobasidae known from Chin...

Four black belt throwers (tori) and one black belt faller (uke) were filmed and analyzed in three-dimensions using two video cameras (JVC 60 Hz) and motion analysis software. Average linear momentum in the anteroposterior (x), vertical (y), and mediolateral (z) directions and average resultant impulse of uke's center of mass (COM) were investigated for three different throwing techniques; harai...