Batkoa Apiculata
''Batkoa'' is a genus of fungi within the family of Entomophthoraceae and order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012). The genus name of ''Batkoa'' is named by the American mycologist Richard A. Humber in 1989 to honor the Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933-1997). The presence of rhizoids and having globose (rounded) rather than pear-shaped conidia helps identify ''Batkoa'' species from ''Entomophaga'' species.N. Amaresan, M. Senthil Kumar, K. Annapurna, Krishna Kumar and N. Sankaranaryanan (Editors) Description The Hyphal bodies are elongated and walled (but not proto-plastic). The condiphores are simple with narrow 'neck' between the condium and condiogenous cell. The primary condia are globose and round, multi-nucleate, discharged by papillar eversion. The rhizoids (if present) are thicker than the vegetative hypae, with terminal discoid holdfast. The resting spores bud laterally from th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Homoptera
Homoptera is a suborder of order Hemiptera that is considered by some taxonomists to be paraphyly, paraphyletic, and therefore Deprecation, deprecated (obsolete). It was therefore split into the suborders Sternorrhyncha, Auchenorrhyncha, and Coleorrhyncha. The earlier work was based on nuclear DNA, but more recent phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA suggest that Homoptera may be a monophyletic group after all, a sister group of Heteroptera. The cause of the disparity in the analyses is suggested to be the long branch attraction effect in phylogenetic analysis, due to rapidly evolving DNA regions. The Homoptera include the aphids, scale insects, cicadas, and leafhoppers, which all have sucking mouthparts. References Insect suborders Hemiptera {{Hemiptera-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amrasca Biguttula
''Amrasca biguttula'', commonly known as the cotton jassid, is a subspecies of leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Typhlocybinae of family Cicadellidae. It is a pest of cotton, okra, and other crops in southern Asia and West Africa. Description The adult cotton jassid is a long and slender insect about in length. It is yellowish-green, with a conspicuous black spot on either side of the head and another near the tip of the fore wing. The head is pale green and the membranous wings transparent and iridescent. On leaf surfaces, the insect tends to move about diagonally, and when disturbed it immediately jumps and flies away. Life cycle Leafhoppers undergo direct development from nymph to adult without undergoing metamorphosis. On okra, eggs are mainly oviposited inside the tissue of leaf blades, but may also be laid in leaf stalks or in soft twigs. The eggs hatch in six or seven days. There are five nymphal instars, developing over a period of about seven days. Nymphs are wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the Plant stem, stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an economically important flowering plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to the warm temperate and tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. The plant is also grown for biofuel production, especially in Brazil, as the canes can be used directly to produce ethyl alcohol (ethanol). Grown in tropical and subtropical regions, sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, totaling 1.9 billion tonnes in 2020, with Brazil accounting for 40% of the world total. Sugarcane accounts for 79% of sug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cercopidae
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers or spittlebugs. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Genera A-C *'' Abidama'' *'' Aeneolamia'' *†'' Allocercopis'' *'' Alluaudensia'' *'' Amberana'' *'' Ambonga'' *'' Anoplosnastus'' *'' Anyllis'' *'' Aracamunia'' *''Aufidus'' *'' Augustohahnia'' *'' Baetkia'' *'' Baibarana'' *'' Bandisia'' *†''Berro'' *'' Blötea'' *'' Bourgoinrana'' *'' Bradypteroscarta'' *'' Callitettix'' *'' Caloscarta'' *'' Carachata'' *'' Carpentiera'' *'' Catrimania'' *'' Cercopicesa'' *'' Cercopis'' *†'' Cercopites'' *'' Chinana'' *'' Choconta'' *†'' Cicadellites'' *'' Clypeocarta'' *'' Colsa'' *'' Considia'' *''Cosmoscarta'' D-F *†'' Dawsonites'' *'' Delassor'' *'' Deois'' *'' Deoisella'' *'' Dulitana'' *'' Ectemnocarta'' *'' Ectemnonotops'' *'' Ectemnonotum'' *†'' Eocercopidium'' *'' Eoscarta'' *'' Eubakeriella'' *'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Furia (fungus)
''Furia'' is a genus of fungi within the family of Entomophthoraceae of the Zygomycota. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012). Originally created in 1966 by Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933-1997), as a subgenus of '' Zoophthora'', The genus name of ''Furia'' is derived from the Latin ''furia'' - this is due to stress the destructive effect of the epizootic of this type species of the subgenus in populations of Lepidoptera caterpillars. American mycologist Richard A. Humber raised ''Furia'' to the generic level. Distribution It has been recorded being found mainly in America and Europe (especially in Great Britain) also Spain,H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer, Editor) with a few sparse discoveries world wide, such as Mexico, and Brazil. In Poland and Austria, and a few other parts of Europe, the presence of the fungus ''Furia shandongensi'' has been found on earwigs. Species notes ''Furia ithacensis'' is a species of the pathogenic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mentaxya
''Mentaxya'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Epizootic and parasitic fungus '' Batkoa apiculata'' has been found on moth, ''Mentaxya muscosa'' in Africa. Species Some species of this genus are: *'' Mentaxya albifrons'' (Geyer, 1837) *'' Mentaxya arabica'' Wiltshire, 1980 *'' Mentaxya atritegulata'' (Hampson, 1902) *'' Mentaxya basilewskyi'' (Berio, 1955) *'' Mentaxya bergeri'' (Berio, 1955) *'' Mentaxya bruneli'' Laporte, 1975 *'' Mentaxya camerunensis'' Laporte, 1973 *'' Mentaxya comorana'' Viette, 1960 *'' Mentaxya cumulata'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Mentaxya dallolmoi'' Berio, 1972 *'' Mentaxya fletcheri'' (Berio, 1955) *'' Mentaxya fouqueae'' Laporte, 1974 *'' Mentaxya grisea'' Laporte, 1973 *'' Mentaxya ignicollis'' (Walker, 1857) *'' Mentaxya ikondae'' Berio, 1972 *'' Mentaxya inconstans'' Laporte, 1984 *'' Mentaxya indigna'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 *'' Mentaxya lacteifrons'' Laporte, 1984 *'' Mentaxya leroyi'' (Berio, 1955) *'' Mentaxya min ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tipula
''Tipula'' is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae (crane flies). The members of this genus are sometimes collectively called common crane flies. ''Tipula'' contains over 2,000 species located throughout the world. Like all crane flies, ''Tipula'' species have long bodies and long legs, somewhat resembling large mosquitos Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "litt .... Adults generally have a body length of 15-20 mm. They are usually brown with clear or brownish wings. They feed on nectar and are active throughout the year. ''Tipula'' maggots are sometimes known as "leather jackets" due to their tough skin. Technical description: Discal cell present ; M3 arises from M4 ; all tibiae spurred Antennae with whorls of long hairs. Rs usually long ; Sc ends far fro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |