BACKGROUND The efficacy of Piper aduncum essential oil was evaluated against Periplaneta americana adults and nymphs in the laboratory. METHODS The plant essential oil at varying concentrations ranging between 10,000 to 80,000 ppm were placed inside glass beakers, rolled horizontally to ensure the essential oil covers all sides of the beakers and exposed to adults and nymphs of P. americana. ...

Thermal physiology of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) is a critical aspect of field performance and fitness. Thermal limits for survival and activity, and the ability of these limits to adjust (i.e., show phenotypic flexibility) depending on recent thermal history, are generally poorly established, especially for non-model nematode species. Here we report the acute thermal limits for survival,...

Clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae is one of the most serious diseases in Brassica crops worldwide. In this study, the pathotypes of 12 Korean P. brassicae field isolates were determined using various Chinese cabbage including 22 commercial cultivars from Korea, China, and Japan, and 15 inbred lines. All P. brassicae isolates exhibited the typical clubroot disease on non-clubro...

In the U.S. Midwest region, interspecific cold hardy grape cultivars have been developed to be resistant harsh winter, late spring frosts, and hot humid summer. However, red wines tend higher acidity lower tannins content than Vitis vinifera wines. This leads unbalanced an increase of risk oxidation therefore impact overall quality over time. The type phenolic compounds differ in grapes wines, ...

in this study, the effects four beauveria bassiana isolates, obtained from soil of fashand, atashgah & ghare-agaj and one from a grass hopper sphingonotus.sp on adults of adult russian wheat aphid diuraphis noxia was studied under laboratory conditions. after determination of the minimum & maximum concentrations, the adults russian wheat aphid were treated with conidial concentrations of 1×103 ...