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TPM/IPM Weekly Report for Arborists, Landscape Managers & Nursery Managers
TPM/IPM Weekly Report for Arborists, Landscape Managers & Nursery Managers Commercial Horticulture November 24, 2020 In This Issue... Coordinator Weekly IPM Report: Stanton Gill, Extension Specialist, IPM and Entomology for Nursery, - Bagworms in December Greenhouse and Managed Landscapes, [email protected]. 410-868-9400 (cell) - Watch your equipment - Carolina praying mantids Regular Contributors: - Licensed tree experts Pest and Beneficial Insect Information: Stanton Gill and Paula Shrewsbury (Extension - Beech blight aphid Specialists) and Nancy Harding, Faculty Research Assistant - Pruning figs Disease Information: Karen Rane (Plant Pathologist) and David Clement (Extension Specialist) Weed of the Week: Chuck Schuster (Retired Extension Educator) Announcements Cultural Information: Ginny Rosenkranz (Extension Educator, Wicomico/Worcester/ Somerset Counties) Pest Predictive Calendar Fertility Management: Andrew Ristvey (Extension Specialist, Wye Research & Education Center) Design, Layout and Editing: Suzanne Klick (Technician, CMREC) Bagworms in December By: Stanton Gill Neith Little, UME - Baltimore City, sent in a picture of bagworms overwintering on her arborvitae. At this time of year, it looks like a seasonal evergreen decoration. The silk that is wrapped around the branch is thick, and if you try to pull it off, it will IPMnet likely break the branch. Integrated Pest If you want to remove Management for the bags, take your hand Commercial Horticulture pruners with you to snip extension.umd.edu/ipm the silk and avoid breaking Note where bagworms are this fall and monitor If you work for a commercial the branches. these sites closely next June to treat when horticultural business in the caterpillars hatch area, you can report insect, Photo: Neith Little, UME Extension disease, weed or cultural plant problems (include location and insect stage) found in the landscape or nursery to [email protected] Watch Your Equipment By: Stanton Gill One of the landscape companies called last week to let us know they left a $60,000 skid loader at a job site overnight. -
Autecology of the Sunda Pangolin (Manis Javanica) in Singapore
AUTECOLOGY OF THE SUNDA PANGOLIN (MANIS JAVANICA) IN SINGAPORE LIM T-LON, NORMAN (B.Sc. (Hons.), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007 An adult male Manis javanica (MJ17) raiding an arboreal Oceophylla smaradgina nest. By shutting its nostrils and eyes, the Sunda Pangolin is able to protect its vulnerable parts from the powerful bites of this ant speces. The scales and thick skin further reduce the impacts of the ants’ attack. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My supervisor Professor Peter Ng Kee Lin is a wonderful mentor who provides the perfect combination of support and freedom that every graduate student should have. Despite his busy schedule, he always makes time for his students and provides the appropriate advice needed. His insightful comments and innovative ideas never fail to impress and inspire me throughout my entire time in the University. Lastly, I am most grateful to Prof. Ng for seeing promise in me and accepting me into the family of the Systematics and Ecology Laboratory. I would also like to thank Benjamin Lee for introducing me to the subject of pangolins, and subsequently introducing me to Melvin Gumal. They have guided me along tremendously during the preliminary phase of the project and provided wonderful comments throughout the entire course. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) provided funding to undertake this research. In addition, field biologists from the various WCS offices in Southeast Asia have helped tremendously throughout the project, especially Anthony Lynam who has taken time off to conduct a camera-trapping workshop. -
Based on a Newly-Discovered Species
A peer-reviewed open-access journal MycoKeys 76: 1–16 (2020) doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.76.58628 RESEARCH ARTICLE https://mycokeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The insights into the evolutionary history of Translucidithyrium: based on a newly-discovered species Xinhao Li1, Hai-Xia Wu1, Jinchen Li1, Hang Chen1, Wei Wang1 1 International Fungal Research and Development Centre, The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China Corresponding author: Hai-Xia Wu ([email protected], [email protected]) Academic editor: N. Wijayawardene | Received 15 September 2020 | Accepted 25 November 2020 | Published 17 December 2020 Citation: Li X, Wu H-X, Li J, Chen H, Wang W (2020) The insights into the evolutionary history of Translucidithyrium: based on a newly-discovered species. MycoKeys 76: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.76.58628 Abstract During the field studies, aTranslucidithyrium -like taxon was collected in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, during an investigation into the diversity of microfungi in the southwest of China. Morpho- logical observations and phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU and ITS sequences revealed that the new taxon is a member of the genus Translucidithyrium and it is distinct from other species. Therefore, Translucidithyrium chinense sp. nov. is introduced here. The Maximum Clade Credibility (MCC) tree from LSU rDNA of Translucidithyrium and related species indicated the divergence time of existing and new species of Translucidithyrium was crown age at 16 (4–33) Mya. Combining the estimated diver- gence time, paleoecology and plate tectonic movements with the corresponding geological time scale, we proposed a hypothesis that the speciation (estimated divergence time) of T. -
Studies of the Laboulbeniomycetes: Diversity, Evolution, and Patterns of Speciation
Studies of the Laboulbeniomycetes: Diversity, Evolution, and Patterns of Speciation The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40049989 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA ! STUDIES OF THE LABOULBENIOMYCETES: DIVERSITY, EVOLUTION, AND PATTERNS OF SPECIATION A dissertation presented by DANNY HAELEWATERS to THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANISMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Biology HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, Massachusetts April 2018 ! ! © 2018 – Danny Haelewaters All rights reserved. ! ! Dissertation Advisor: Professor Donald H. Pfister Danny Haelewaters STUDIES OF THE LABOULBENIOMYCETES: DIVERSITY, EVOLUTION, AND PATTERNS OF SPECIATION ABSTRACT CHAPTER 1: Laboulbeniales is one of the most morphologically and ecologically distinct orders of Ascomycota. These microscopic fungi are characterized by an ectoparasitic lifestyle on arthropods, determinate growth, lack of asexual state, high species richness and intractability to culture. DNA extraction and PCR amplification have proven difficult for multiple reasons. DNA isolation techniques and commercially available kits are tested enabling efficient and rapid genetic analysis of Laboulbeniales fungi. Success rates for the different techniques on different taxa are presented and discussed in the light of difficulties with micromanipulation, preservation techniques and negative results. CHAPTER 2: The class Laboulbeniomycetes comprises biotrophic parasites associated with arthropods and fungi. -
A New Species of Hypocrella, H. Macrostroma, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships to Other Species with Large Stromata
Mycol. Res. 109 (11): 1268–1275 (November 2005). f The British Mycological Society 1268 doi:10.1017/S0953756205003904 Printed in the United Kingdom. A new species of Hypocrella, H. macrostroma, and its phylogenetic relationships to other species with large stromata Priscila CHAVERRI1*, Joseph F. BISCHOFF2, Miao LIU1 and Kathie T. HODGE1 1 Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 334 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. 2 National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA. E-mail : [email protected] Received 4 April 2005; accepted 19 July 2005. Two specimens of a new species of Hypocrella with large stromata were collected in Bolivia and Costa Rica. The morphology of the new species, H. macrostroma sp. nov., was compared with that of other species with large stromata, i.e. H. africana, H. gaertneriana, and H. schizostachyi. In addition, phylogenetic analyses of partial sequences from three genes, large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA (LSU), translation elongation factor 1-a (EF1-a), and RNA polymerase II subunit 1 (RPB1), were conducted to determine the relationships of the new species to other species of Hypocrella/ Aschersonia. Phylogenetic analyses show that H. macrostroma belongs to a strongly supported clade that includes H. africana, H. schizostachyi, and Aschersonia insperata, whereas other Hypocrella species belong to two sister clades. Hypocrella macrostroma is described and illustrated, and a lectotype is designated for H. gaertneriana. INTRODUCTION have been linked to teleomorphs. Petch (1921) com- piled the most complete taxonomic work on Hypo- Species in the entomopathogenic genus Hypocrella crella/Aschersonia to date; he accepted 42 species. -
The Holomorph of Parasarcopodium (Stachybotryaceae), Introducing P
Phytotaxa 266 (4): 250–260 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/ PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.266.4.2 The holomorph of Parasarcopodium (Stachybotryaceae), introducing P. pandanicola sp. nov. on Pandanus sp. SAOWALUCK TIBPROMMA1,2,3,4,5, SARANYAPHAT BOONMEE2, NALIN N. WIJAYAWARDENE2,3,5, SAJEEWA S.N. MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA6, ERIC H. C. McKENZIE7, ALI H. BAHKALI8, E.B. GARETH JONES8, KEVIN D. HYDE1,2,3,4,5,8 & ITTHAYAKORN PROMPUTTHA9,* 1Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kun- ming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China 2Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand 3School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand 4World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China 5Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand 6Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, AlKhoud 123, Oman 7Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand 8Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA 11442, Saudi Arabia 9Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand *Corresponding author: e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Collections of microfungi on Pandanus species (Pandanaceae) in Krabi, Thailand resulted in the discovery of a new species in the genus Parasarcopodium, producing both its sexual and asexual morphs. -
Competition Between Ants for Coconut Palm Nesting Sites
Journal of Natural History ISSN: 0022-2933 (Print) 1464-5262 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tnah20 Competition between ants for coconut palm nesting sites M.J. Way & B. Bolton To cite this article: M.J. Way & B. Bolton (1997) Competition between ants for coconut palm nesting sites, Journal of Natural History, 31:3, 439-455, DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770221 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939700770221 Published online: 17 Feb 2007. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 39 View related articles Citing articles: 9 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tnah20 Download by: [Victoria University of Wellington] Date: 12 June 2016, At: 14:35 JOURNAL OF NATURALHISTORY, 1997, 31,439-455 Competition between ants for coconut palm nesting sites M. J. WAYt* and B. BOLTON~ tlmperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks, UK ~The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK (Accepted 27 May 1996) About 85 different ant species were found nesting on coconut palms in Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Trinidad. Three occurred in all countries. With the exception of the leaf-nesting Oecophylla spp, all nested in leaf axils and spadices mostly between the two sheaths (spathes) and peduncle of the spadix. Up to eight species were found nesting in the same palm and five in the same spadix. In the latter circumstances the nest distribution of different non-dominant species is initially associated with the 'height' of available spaces, the smaller species nesting in the narrower, more distal end and the larger in the proximal end of the spadix. -
Molecular Systematics of the Marine Dothideomycetes
available online at www.studiesinmycology.org StudieS in Mycology 64: 155–173. 2009. doi:10.3114/sim.2009.64.09 Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes S. Suetrong1, 2, C.L. Schoch3, J.W. Spatafora4, J. Kohlmeyer5, B. Volkmann-Kohlmeyer5, J. Sakayaroj2, S. Phongpaichit1, K. Tanaka6, K. Hirayama6 and E.B.G. Jones2* 1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand; 2Bioresources Technology Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Khlong 1, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand; 3National Center for Biothechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6510, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6510, U.S.A.; 4Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, U.S.A.; 5Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, U.S.A.; 6Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Hirosaki University, Bunkyo-cho 3, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, Japan *Correspondence: E.B. Gareth Jones, [email protected] Abstract: Phylogenetic analyses of four nuclear genes, namely the large and small subunits of the nuclear ribosomal RNA, transcription elongation factor 1-alpha and the second largest RNA polymerase II subunit, established that the ecological group of marine bitunicate ascomycetes has representatives in the orders Capnodiales, Hysteriales, Jahnulales, Mytilinidiales, Patellariales and Pleosporales. Most of the fungi sequenced were intertidal mangrove taxa and belong to members of 12 families in the Pleosporales: Aigialaceae, Didymellaceae, Leptosphaeriaceae, Lenthitheciaceae, Lophiostomataceae, Massarinaceae, Montagnulaceae, Morosphaeriaceae, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporaceae, Testudinaceae and Trematosphaeriaceae. Two new families are described: Aigialaceae and Morosphaeriaceae, and three new genera proposed: Halomassarina, Morosphaeria and Rimora. -
Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae), and Their Aschersonia-Like Anamorphs in the Neotropics
available online at www.studiesinmycology.org STUDIE S IN MYCOLOGY 60: 1–66. 2008. doi:10.3114/sim.2008.60.01 A monograph of the entomopathogenic genera Hypocrella, Moelleriella, and Samuelsia gen. nov. (Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae), and their aschersonia-like anamorphs in the Neotropics P. Chaverri1, M. Liu2 and K.T. Hodge3 1Department of Biology, Howard University, 415 College Street NW, Washington D.C. 20059, U.S.A.; 2Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany), 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada; 3Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 334 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A. *Correspondence: Priscila Chaverri [email protected] Abstract: The present taxonomic revision deals with Neotropical species of three entomopathogenic genera that were once included in Hypocrella s. l.: Hypocrella s. str. (anamorph Aschersonia), Moelleriella (anamorph aschersonia-like), and Samuelsia gen. nov (anamorph aschersonia-like). Species of Hypocrella, Moelleriella, and Samuelsia are pathogens of scale insects (Coccidae and Lecaniidae, Homoptera) and whiteflies (Aleyrodidae, Homoptera) and are common in tropical regions. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences from nuclear ribosomal large subunit (28S), translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF 1-α), and RNA polymerase II subunit 1 (RPB1) and analyses of multiple morphological characters demonstrate that the three segregated genera can be distinguished by the disarticulation of the ascospores and shape and size of conidia. Moelleriella has filiform multi-septate ascospores that disarticulate at the septa within the ascus and aschersonia-like anamorphs with fusoid conidia. Hypocrella s. str. has filiform to long- fusiform ascospores that do not disarticulate and Aschersonia s. -
Diversity of Entomopathogens Fungi: Which Groups Conquered the Insect
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/003756; this version posted April 14, 2014. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. Diversity of entomopathogens Fungi: Which groups conquered the insect body? João P. M. Araújoa & David P. Hughesb aDepartment of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America. bDepartment of Entomology and Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [email protected]; [email protected]; ! Abstract The entomopathogenic Fungi comprise a wide range of ecologically diverse species. This group of parasites can be found distributed among all fungal phyla and as well as among the ecologically similar but phylogenetically distinct Oomycetes or water molds, that belong to a different kingdom (Stramenopila). As a group, the entomopathogenic fungi and water molds parasitize a wide range of insect hosts from aquatic larvae in streams to adult insects of high canopy tropical forests. Their hosts are spread among 18 orders of insects, in all developmental stages such as: eggs, larvae, pupae, nymphs and adults exhibiting completely different ecologies. Such assortment of niches has resulted in these parasites evolving a considerable morphological diversity, resulting in enormous biodiversity, much of which remains unknown. Here we gather together a huge amount of records of these entomopathogens to comparing and describe both their morphologies and ecological traits. These findings highlight a wide range of adaptations that evolved following the evolutionary transition to infecting the most diverse and widespread animals on Earth, the insects. -
9B Taxonomy to Genus
Fungus and Lichen Genera in the NEMF Database Taxonomic hierarchy: phyllum > class (-etes) > order (-ales) > family (-ceae) > genus. Total number of genera in the database: 526 Anamorphic fungi (see p. 4), which are disseminated by propagules not formed from cells where meiosis has occurred, are presently not grouped by class, order, etc. Most propagules can be referred to as "conidia," but some are derived from unspecialized vegetative mycelium. A significant number are correlated with fungal states that produce spores derived from cells where meiosis has, or is assumed to have, occurred. These are, where known, members of the ascomycetes or basidiomycetes. However, in many cases, they are still undescribed, unrecognized or poorly known. (Explanation paraphrased from "Dictionary of the Fungi, 9th Edition.") Principal authority for this taxonomy is the Dictionary of the Fungi and its online database, www.indexfungorum.org. For lichens, see Lecanoromycetes on p. 3. Basidiomycota Aegerita Poria Macrolepiota Grandinia Poronidulus Melanophyllum Agaricomycetes Hyphoderma Postia Amanitaceae Cantharellales Meripilaceae Pycnoporellus Amanita Cantharellaceae Abortiporus Skeletocutis Bolbitiaceae Cantharellus Antrodia Trichaptum Agrocybe Craterellus Grifola Tyromyces Bolbitius Clavulinaceae Meripilus Sistotremataceae Conocybe Clavulina Physisporinus Trechispora Hebeloma Hydnaceae Meruliaceae Sparassidaceae Panaeolina Hydnum Climacodon Sparassis Clavariaceae Polyporales Gloeoporus Steccherinaceae Clavaria Albatrellaceae Hyphodermopsis Antrodiella -
High Diversity and Morphological Convergence Among Melanised Fungi from Rock Formations in the Central Mountain System of Spain
Persoonia 21, 2008: 93–110 www.persoonia.org RESEARCH ARTICLE doi:10.3767/003158508X371379 High diversity and morphological convergence among melanised fungi from rock formations in the Central Mountain System of Spain C. Ruibal1, G. Platas2, G.F. Bills2 Key words Abstract Melanised fungi were isolated from rock surfaces in the Central Mountain System of Spain. Two hundred sixty six isolates were recovered from four geologically and topographically distinct sites. Microsatellite-primed biodiversity PCR techniques were used to group isolates into genotypes assumed to represent species. One hundred and sixty black fungi three genotypes were characterised from the four sites. Only five genotypes were common to two or more sites. Capnodiales Morphological and molecular data were used to characterise and identify representative strains, but morphology Chaetothyriales rarely provided a definitive identification due to the scarce differentiation of the fungal structures or the apparent Dothideomycetes novelty of the isolates. Vegetative states of fungi prevailed in culture and in many cases could not be reliably dis- extremotolerance tinguished without sequence data. Morphological characters that were widespread among the isolates included scarce micronematous conidial states, endoconidia, mycelia with dark olive-green or black hyphae, and mycelia with torulose, isodiametric or moniliform hyphae whose cells develop one or more transverse and/or oblique septa. In many of the strains, mature hyphae disarticulated, suggesting asexual reproduction by a thallic micronematous conidiogenesis or by simple fragmentation. Sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1, ITS2) and 5.8S rDNA gene were employed to investigate the phylogenetic affinities of the isolates. According to ITS sequence alignments, the majority of the isolates could be grouped among four main orders of Pezizomycotina: Pleosporales, Dothideales, Capnodiales, and Chaetothyriales.