scholarly journals Ornamental Palms for Central Florida

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Broschat ◽  
James E. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Central Florida ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Palm Species ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Temperate Climates

Palms are often thought of as symbols of the tropics, but fortunately there are a number of palm species that grow in warm, temperate climates, such as that of Central Florida. This 8-page fact sheet was written by Timothy K. Broschat and James E. Davis, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, January 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep020

Modern and Ancient Sclerospongiae

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 116-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willard D. Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Living Tissue ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Siliceous Spicules ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Collagenous Fibers ◽  
Warm Temperate

Sclerosponges secrete a basal crystalline and aspicular skeleton of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite, above which lies a thin layer of living tissue which also secretes siliceous spicules and collagenous fibers. The tripartite skeleton of sclerosponges distinguishes them from all other sponges and also from all other multicellular animals, no one of which has an abundant quantity of two disparate minerals helping to make up its skeleton. The cell types and their organization as well as what little is known about their development indicate that the sclerosponges are related to the demosponges. Sclerosponges are inhabitants of shaded crevices, caves and tunnels on coral reefs in both the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific regions. The range of only one species, Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, extends from the tropics into the warm temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals Bud Rot Caused by Phytophthora palmivora: A Destructive Emerging Disease of Oil Palm

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Torres ◽  
G. A. Sarria ◽  
G. Martinez ◽  
F. Varon ◽  
A. Drenth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Plant Pathogens ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
Phytophthora Palmivora ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Irish Famine ◽  
Palm Species ◽  
Great Irish Famine ◽  
The Tropics

Oomycetes from the genus Phytophthora are among the most important plant pathogens in agriculture. Epidemics caused by P. infestans precipitated the great Irish famine and had a major impact on society and human history. In the tropics, P. palmivora is a pathogen of many plant species including cacao (Theobroma cacao), citrus (Citrus sp.), durian (Durio zibethines), jackfruit (Artrocarpus heterophyllus), rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), and several palm species including coconut (Cocos nucifera), and the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) as determined recently. The first localized epidemics of bud rot in oil palm in Colombia were reported in 1964. However, recent epidemics of bud rot have destroyed more than 70,000 ha of oil palm in the Western and Central oil palm growing regions of Colombia. The agricultural, social, and economic implications of these outbreaks have been significant in Colombia. Identification of the pathogen after 100 years of investigating the disease in the world enabled further understanding of infection, expression of a range of symptoms, and epidemiology of the disease. This review examines the identification of P. palmivora as the cause of bud rot in Colombia, its epidemiology, and discusses the importance of P. palmivora as a major threat to oil palm plantings globally.

scholarly journals Tung Oil Production in Florida

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Patrick Joseph Minogue
Keyword(s):  
Oil Production ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Tung Tree ◽  
Tung Oil ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Alternative Crop ◽  
History Of ◽  
Potential Alternative

Tung tree seed produce an oil that is valuable in wood finishing and for various other uses. Development of a later-flowering tung tree cultivar has sparked renewed interest in tung seed as a potential alternative crop for northern and central Florida on sites having relatively well-drained, fertile soils and adequate moisture. This 3-page fact sheet written by Pat Minogue and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation presents a history of tung oil production in Florida and provides the ecology and cultivation of the fast-growing trees. It outlines a plan for additional research to determine whether tung oil could again be produced in Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr420

scholarly journals Diaprepes Root Weevil on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Phillips ◽  
Oscar E. Liburd ◽  
Larry W. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Highbush Blueberry ◽  
Diaprepes Abbreviatus ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Citrus Root ◽  
Southern Highbush ◽  
And Control ◽  
Citrus Trees

Citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) is a destructive pest on citrus trees. It is now becoming a significant pest on blueberry in central Florida, at times causing major damage to blueberry bushes that are more than two years old. This 3-page fact sheet written by Douglas A. Phillips, Oscar E. Liburd, and Larry W. Duncan and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department will educate blueberry growers on how to monitor, identify, and control citrus root weevil. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1241

scholarly journals Alternatives to Invasive Plants Commonly Found in Central Florida Landscapes

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary W. Knox ◽  
Sandra B. Wilson ◽  
Zhanao Deng ◽  
Rosanna Freyre
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Non Invasive

Based on years of UF/IFAS research producing and trialing cultivars, this 3-page fact sheet lists native and non-invasive, non-native ornamentals as alternatives to invasive plants commonly used in Central Florida landscapes. Only plants considered to be generally available in the nursery trade are listed. Alternative plants are similar to respective invasive plants as much as possible in terms of size, habit, texture, and flower color. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Gary W. Knox, Sandra B. Wilson, Zhanao Deng, and Rosanna Freyre, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, August 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep468

scholarly journals Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Ehrlichiosis

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Yasmin Tavares ◽  
Samantha M. Wisely
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Treatment ◽  
Emerging Disease ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
Bacterial Disease ◽  
Wildlife Diseases ◽  
North Central ◽  
Wildlife Ecology ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Fact Sheet

Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to humans and animals from ticks. In most cases, symptoms are mild, but sometimes if antibiotic treatment is delayed, it can cause severe illness and even death. In Florida, ehrlichiosis is an emerging disease. The hotspot of transmission is in north central Florida, but the disease is underdiagnosed. This 4-page fact sheet written by Yasmin Tavares and Samantha Wisely and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation describes ehrlichiosis and explains how it is transmitted, how to know if you have it, and how to prevent yourself and your friends and family from getting it.

scholarly journals Relict groups of spiny frogs indicate Late Paleogene-Early Neogene trans-Tibet dispersal of thermophile faunal elements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Hofmann ◽  
Daniel Jablonski ◽  
Spartak Litvinchuk ◽  
Rafaqat Masroor ◽  
Joachim Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Data ◽  
Gene Tree ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
Early Neogene ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Temperate Climates

AbstractBackgroundThe Himalaya-Tibet orogen (HTO) presents an outstanding geologically active formation that contributed to, and fostered, modern Asian biodiversity. However, our concepts of the historical biogeography of its biota are far from conclusive, as are uplift scenarios for the different parts of the HTO. Here, we revisited our previously published data set of the tribe Paini extending it with sequence data from the most western Himalayan spiny frogs Allopaa and Chrysopaa and using them as an indirect indicator for the paleoecological development of Tibet.MethodsWe obtained sequence data of two mitochondrial loci (16S rRNA, COI) and one nuclear marker (Rag1) from Allopaa samples from Kashmir Himalaya as well as Chrysopaa sequence data from the Hindu Kush available from GenBank to complement our previous data set. A Maximum likelihood and dated Bayesian gene tree were generated based on the concatenated data set. To resolve the inconsistent placement of Allopaa, we performed different topology tests.ResultsConsistent with previous results, the Southeast Asian genus Quasipaa is sister to all other spiny frogs. The results further reveal a basal placement of Chrysopaa relative to Allopaa and Nanorana with an estimated age of ca. 26 Mya. Based on the topology tests, the phylogenetic position of Allopaa as a sister clade to Chaparana seems to be most likely, resulting in a paraphyletic genus Nanorana and a separation from the latter clade around 20 Mya. Both, the placements of Chrysopaa and Allopaa support the presence of basal Paini lineages in the far north western part of the HTO, which is diametrically opposite end of the HTO with respect to the ancestral area of spiny frogs in Southeast Asia. These striking distributional patterns can be most parsimoniously explained by trans-Tibet dispersal during the late Oligocene (subtropical Chrysopaa) respectively early Miocene (warm temperate Allopaa). Within spiny frogs, only members of the monophyletic Nanorana+Paa clade are adapted to the colder temperate climates, indicating that high-altitude environments did not dominate in the HTO before ca. 15 Mya. Our results are consistent with fossil records suggesting that large parts of Tibet were characterized by subtropical to warm temperate climates at least until the early Miocene.

Parodiella hedysari. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Lablab Purpureus ◽  
Lespedeza Cuneata ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Photosynthetic Potential ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Warm Temperate

Abstract A description is provided for Parodiella hedysari. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Occurs on leaves of a wide range of papilionoid Leguminosae. Recorded from Aeschynomene nyasana, Alysicarpus vaginalis, Amphicarpaea sp., Atylosia grandiflora, A. scarabaeoides, Clitoria rubiginosa, Crotalaria albida, C. calycina, C. juncea, C. mysorenis, C. ononoides, C. ovalis, C. prostrata, C. retusa, Desmodium acuminatum, D. adscendens, D. barbatum, D. canadense, D. canescens, D. gangeticum, D. laxiflorum, D. marilandicum, D. microphyllum, D. obtusum, D. paniculatum, D. scorpiurus, D. strictum, D. triflorum, Dolichos malosanus, Eriosema violaceum, Flemingia cumingiana, F. macrophyllla, F. parviflora, Gleditsia triacanthos, Hedysarum sp., Indigofera daleoides, I. prostrata, I. spicata, I. suffruticosa, I. swaziensis, I. tanganyikensis, Kotschya strigosa, Lablab purpureus, Lespedeza cuneata, L. sericea, Maprounea africana, Mucuna sp., Neorautenenia pseudopachyrhiza, Pediomelum argophyllum, P. cuspidatum, P. digitatum, Phaseolus linearis, Psoralea sp., Rhynchosia cinerea, R. R. difformis, R. reniformis, R. senna, R. tomentosa, Sesbania micrantha, Smithia bigemina, Strophostyles helvola, Tephrosia sp. and Vigna vexillata. DISEASE: Parodiella hedysari is a biotrophic parasite, which apparently causes little damage to tissues even when the leaf is completely covered in ascomata. Presumably at least a significant loss of photosynthetic potential must occur. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Very widely distributed throughout the tropics and warm temperate regions, and in North America extending almost to the Canadian border. Reported from: Argentina, Australia (Queensland), Botswana, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Trinidad, Uganda, USA (Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin), Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe. TRANSMISSION: no studies have been made, but ascospores are almost certainly wind- dispersed.

scholarly journals Inventory and Historical Changes in the Marine Flora of Tomioka Peninsula (Amakusa Island), Japan

Diversity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Eduard A. Titlyanov ◽  
Tamara V. Titlyanova ◽  
Mutsunori Tokeshi ◽  
Xiubao Li
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Red Algae ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Temperate Region ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Marine Flora ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Warm Temperate

Intensive algal sampling was conducted from 2012 to 2017 in the Tomioka Peninsula, Amakusa-Shimoshima Island (the East China Sea, Japan), yielding a total of 293 benthic macroalgal taxa, of which 63% were red algae, 16% were brown algae, and 19% were green algae. The majority (69%) of species were previously recorded only for the tropics and/or subtropics, whereas 31% of species were recorded for temperate latitudes. Among all species of algae found from 2012 to 2017 in the Tomioka Peninsula, 163 species (56%) were newly identified species for Amakusa-Shimoshima Island, including six taxa, which were recorded in Japan for the first time. Comparison of the current data from the Amakusa-Shimoshima Island with those of nearby tropical regions suggested that the recent marine flora of the Amakusa-Shimoshima Island was more closely affiliated with the flora of a warm-temperate region. Moreover, we found that the benthic flora of the Tomioka Peninsula was significantly changed between the 1950s (Segawa & Yoshida 1961) and 2012–2017. For example, the species diversity was increased by two times, mainly at the expense of red and green algae, and the biogeographic status of the benthic flora was changed from the flora of a cold-temperate region to the flora of a warm-temperate region, which could be attributed to an introduction of red algae from the tropics of South East Asia and widespread opportunistic green algae, as well as the disappearance of cold-water brown algae. Collectively, our data suggested that these changes were driven by the global warming effect on the ocean.

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