Teratosphaeria stem canker of Eucalyptus: two pathogens, one devastating disease

J Aylward, F Roets, LL Dreyer… - Molecular Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis are closely related fungi that
cause Teratosphaeria (previously Coniothyrium) stem canker disease on Eucalyptus …

Ten new species of Calonectria from Indonesia and Vietnam

NQ Pham, I Barnes, SF Chen, FF Liu, QN Dang… - Mycologia, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Vietnam and Indonesia have rapidly growing and extensive plantation forestry programs,
especially of Acacia spp. and Eucalyptus spp. As these plantations expand, the threat from …

Selecting for stable and productive families of Eucalyptus urophylla across a country-wide range of climates in Brazil

PHM Silva, A Brune, CA Alvares… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
To identify stable and productive Eucalyptus urophylla ST Blake families across diverse
climate zones in Brazil, we evaluated growth and survival of 322 open-pollinated families …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of Eucalyptus grandis families across contrasting environmental conditions

PHM Silva, M Marco, CA Alvares, D Lee… - Crop Breeding and …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The objective was to select productive and stable E. grandis families across contrasting sites
in Brazil and Uruguay. Survival and growth of 130 open pollinated families were evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Host susceptibility to Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of Eucalyptus species

CI Gonçalves, L Vilas-Boas, M Branco… - Annals of forest …, 2019 - Springer
Key message Gonipterus platensis is an important insect pest of eucalypt plantations.
Despite biological control by the egg parasitoid Anaphes nitens, economic losses remain …

[HTML][HTML] Where Did You Come From? Where Did You Go? Investigating the Origin of Invasive Leptocybe Species Using Distribution Modelling

BA Otieno, HF Nahrung, MJ Steinbauer - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: We present the first attempts to model the distributions of the two
cryptic and globally invasive species of Leptocybe invasa sensu lato (Fisher & …

[HTML][HTML] Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Images to Map the Occurrence of the Cossid Moth (Coryphodema tristis) in Eucalyptus Nitens Plantations of Mpumalanga …

ST Kumbula, P Mafongoya, KY Peerbhay, RT Lottering… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coryphodema tristis is a wood-boring insect, indigenous to South Africa, that has recently
been identified as an emerging pest feeding on Eucalyptus nitens, resulting in extensive …

Xanthomonas perforans: a tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia

KN Bophela, SN Venter, MJ Wingfield, A Duran… - Australasian Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Leaf and shoot blight, often accompanied by die-back symptoms, on Eucalyptus species,
hybrids and clones have been reported from a number of countries. More than one bacterial …

Prey consumption and development of the indigenous lacewing Chrysoperla externa feeding on two exotic Eucalyptus pests

EM Cuello, AV Andorno, CM Hernandez… - Biocontrol science and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The green lacewing Chrysoperla externa is a widespread species in the Neotropical region
that occurs in different habitats. Its presence in Eucalyptus plantations infested with …

Community reestablishment and poor body conditions of small mammal assemblages in subtropical afforested ecosystems

N Wu, J Zhong, B Lei, Z Xie, Y Zhou - Ecological engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Afforestation is one of the high-efficiency practices for the restoration of degraded forest
ecosystems and has been increasingly used worldwide. It is crucial to determine the …