OBJECTIVES In this multicenter survey, we assessed the impact of sensitization to cypress in atopic patients in Italy and determined whether cypress pollen concentration changed over time. METHODS Allergists were required to collect the results of 100-200 consecutive skin prick tests (SPTs) performed during 2012. Seasonal symptoms were also recorded, as were airborne cypress pollen concentrat...

By Kirsten Conover Perception sometimes overrides the reality of a situation, especially within the realm of golf course maintenance. Green speed is an example of this phenomenon within golf. An example outside of golf is the idea that golf courses are bad for the environment and are major abusers of fertilizer and water. This perception is a stubborn idea that continues to persist despite data...

Heavy metals found in urban air with its toxic effects have a direct impact on human health. Selection of appropriate tree species and shrub refining capacity of heavy metals in urban areas can greatly reduce the toxic effects of these materials. This study aimed to identify the most suitable tree and shrub species of broadleaf evergreen, deciduous and coniferous refinement of heavy metals lead...

Intracellular bacterial supply of essential amino acids is common among sap-feeding insects, thus complementing the scarcity of nitrogenous compounds in plant phloem. This is also the role of the two mealybug endosymbiotic systems whose genomes have been sequenced. In the nested endosymbiotic system from Planococcus citri (Pseudococcinae), "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" and "Candidatus Moranel...

An experiment was conducted in mango orchard of Sher-E Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) campus, Dhaka to determine the effect seasonal variation round year and weather on population dynamics mealybug (Drosicha mangiferae) tree. The first appeared early December disappeared June a year. Its started increase gradually from continued up February when ambient average temperature 20.95°C, relati...

Mealybug was considered to be a minor pest of cotton but it emerged as a major pest in 2006-2007 in North and Central zones. Extensive field surveys conducted in cotton fields during 2007-09 in Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab in the North zone and Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the Central zone indicated that Phenacoccus solenopsis was the only major species of mealybug recorded on co...

The genome of pineapple mealybug wilt-associated closterovirus-2 (PMWaV-2) was cloned from double-stranded RNA isolated from diseased pineapple and its sequence determined. The 3'-terminal 14861 nt of the single-stranded RNA genome contains ten open reading frames (ORFs) which, from 5' to 3', potentially encode a >204 kDa polyprotein containing papain-like protease, methyltransferase and helica...

Background The state of Espirito Santo has in the fruit growing, one of its main economical activities. One of them, the pineapple growth, represents a good economic potential to increase income and job opportunities in the state. However, diseases such as fusariosis and mealybug wilt of pineapple are responsible for the yield losses of up to 80% [1]. The mealybug wilt of pineapple is caused by...