scholarly journals New records of aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Papapanagiotou ◽  
M. Nathanailidou ◽  
M. Taylor ◽  
K. D. Zarpas ◽  
K. Voudouris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Ecological Habitats ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

 Several papers have been published on aphid fauna in Greece during the last two decades, but the number of recorded species is still low compared to other European countries, including some from the Mediterranean basin. In this context, we collected aphids from various host-plants and regions in southern, central and northern Greece characterized by diverse flora, climatic conditions and ecological habitats. In total, 128 aphid species belonging to 55 genera and six subfamilies were collected on 200 host-species. Most of the species dominated the subfamily Aphidinae (especially tribes Macrosiphini and Aphidini). Among the species collected, 18 were new records in Greece. The present work improves our knowledge regarding the aphid fauna of Greece and suggests that the number of recorded species could increase further if additional studies were undertaken.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Olive Orchards under Climate Change: A Review of Future Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Helder Fraga ◽  
Marco Moriondo ◽  
Luisa Leolini ◽  
João A. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Olive Tree ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Projected Changes ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient traditional crop in the Mediterranean Basin. In the Mediterranean region, traditional olive orchards are distinguishable by their prevailing climatic conditions. Olive trees are indeed considered one of the most suitable and best-adapted species to the Mediterranean-type climate. However, new challenges are predicted to arise from climate change, threatening this traditional crop. The Mediterranean Basin is considered a climate change “hotspot,” as future projections hint at considerable warming and drying trends. Changes in olive tree suitability have already been reported over the last few decades. In this context, climate change may become particularly challenging for olive growers. The growing evidence for significant climate change in the upcoming decades urges adaptation measures to be taken. To effectively cope with the projected changes, both short and long-term adaptation strategies must be timely planned by the sector stakeholders and decision-makers to adapt for a warmer and dryer future. The current manuscript is devoted to illustrating the main impacts of climate change on olive tree cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin, by reviewing the most recent studies on this subject. Additionally, an analysis of possible adaptation strategies against the potentially negative impacts of climate change was also performed.

scholarly journals The Mediterranean Lifestyle: The Power of Food

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charissa Lim ◽  
Alexa Hosey ◽  
Farah Tadros ◽  
Madison Woodard ◽  
Jeanette Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Food Science ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Minimal Consumption ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The Mediterranean diet dates back to the early 1960s, in which the population living among the Mediterranean basin, much of Greece and Southern Italy consumed high amounts of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and unprocessed cereals with minimal consumption of meat. This dietary pattern has been shown to improve heart health, maintain weight, and reduce the risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This new 6-page publication discusses the Mediterranean dietary pattern and provides tips to incorporate this lifestyle into daily life, as well as sample recipes. Written by Charissa Lim, Alexa Hosey, Farah Tadros, Madison Woodard, and Jeanette Andrade, and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs399

Climate Change and Grapevines: A Simulation Study for the Mediterranean Basin

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Ferrise ◽  
Giacomo Trombi ◽  
Marco Moriondo ◽  
Marco Bindi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Atmospheric Concentration ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Final Yield ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractThe present paper aims to assess the impacts of climate change on grapevine cultivation in the Mediterranean basin by using three regional climatic models (RCMs), which were designed specifically for high-resolution simulation of climate in that region. RCM outputs were used to feed a grapevine growth simulation model, which was developed, tested, and calibrated for the Sangiovese variety. The study area was identified by implementing a bioclimatic classification of the regions based on the Winkler Index (ranging from 1,700 to 1,900 thermal units). The results indicated that the projected increasing temperatures will result in a general acceleration and shortening of the phenological stages compared to the present period. Accordingly, the reduction in time for biomass accumulation negatively affected the final yield. Few exceptions were found in the northern and central regions of the study area (southern France and western Balkans) for which changes in climatic conditions were not limiting and the crop benefited from the enhanced atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. (JEL Classifications: Q100, Q540)

New distribution and taxonomic information on Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) in the Mediterranean region

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD V. LANSDOWN ◽  
IOANNIS BAZOS ◽  
MARIA CARMELA CARIA ◽  
ANGELO TROIA ◽  
JAN J. WIERINGA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Work ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This article presents new records of water-starworts (Callitriche sp. pl.) from the Mediterranean basin, resulting from review of herbarium specimens and field work. Callitriche brutia var. naftolskyi is stated as a new combination and confirmed from Greece (Lesvos and Milos), Israel, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily), Libya, Morocco and Syria; C. lusitanica from Greece (Lesvos), Israel and Italy (Sardinia and Sicily); C. brutia var. brutia has been known from Greece for some time but is confirmed from Lesvos and Milos; C. obtusangula and C. truncata subsp. truncata are both confirmed from Sardinia and Sicily, while the latter is also confirmed from Syria. Callitriche lenisulca and C. stagnalis are confirmed from Sardinia but records of the latter from Lesvos appear to be erroneous; C. truncata subsp. occidentalis is known from Lesvos but records from Sardinia and Sicily appear to be erroneous. Records of C. regis-jubae from Sardinia are probably misidentifications for C. brutia var. naftolskyi. Records of C. brutia var. hamulata from the region are likely to be erroneous. A recent find of the alien C. terrestris in Spain is the first record for that country and the second record for Europe.

scholarly journals Short Communication: New records of aphid species Subfamily Aphidinae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in West Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 460-465
Author(s):  
YANI MAHARANI ◽  
PURNAMA HIDAYAT ◽  
AUNU RAUF ◽  
NINA MARYANA
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
New Records ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
West Java ◽  
Important Group

Maharani Y, Hidayat P, Rauf A, Maryana N. 2018. Short Communication: New records of aphid species Subfamily Aphidinae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 460-465. Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are an economically important group of insects. Their feeding not only damages crops directly but also transmits viruses that cause plant disease. The total number of aphid species recorded in West Java, Indonesia between 1917 and 2013 was 184 species. The aim of the study reported here was to identify and record any aphid species and their host plants in West Java Province, Indonesia that had not previously been recorded. The study was conducted in thirteen districts in West Java. Fourteen species of aphid were newly recorded as found in West Java; five species from the tribe Aphidini, and nine species from the tribe Macrosiphini.

The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4312 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL CUADRADO ◽  
LEOPOLDO MORO ◽  
CAROLINA NOREÑA
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The main focus of this study is the biodiversity of the order Polycladida in the Canary Islands, archipelago belonging to Macaronesia and to the Mediterranean basin hot spot region. Polycladida is a cosmopolitan order with some species distributed worldwide; but it also is comprised of endemic species. Here, 19 polyclad species are revised and determined, ten of which were previously recorded for the Canary Islands (De Vera et al. 2009). A new genus and species Multisepta fengari n. gen., n. sp., of the suborder Acotylea and five new species belonging to the suborder Cotylea including Anonymus ruber n. sp., Enchiridium magec n. sp., Eurylepta guayota n. sp., Acanthozoon aranfaibo n. sp. and Pseudoceros mororum n. sp., are presented and described. In addition, two well-known species, Pseudobiceros wirtzi (Madeira and Cape Verde) and Pericelis cata (Caribbean coasts), are new records for the Canary Islands and for the hot spot region of the Mediterranean basin. Using all available information, including from the morphological study presented here, a key for the species for the Canary Islands has been generated. 

scholarly journals Adaptation of peach-nectarine varieties to different soil and climatic conditions of Greece

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
CG ◽  
Tsipouridis ◽  
X. Papanikolaou ◽  
Stylianidis DC
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Prunus Persica ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Golden Jubilee ◽  
Of Greece

Forty two peach-nectarine (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch.) varieties (i.e Spring Time, Precocissima Morettini, Southhaven, Halehaven, Blazing Gold, Cardinal, Gialla Precoce Morettini, Dixired, Fertilia Morettini, Golden Jubilee, Coronet, Red Haven, Red Globe, Cotonia Massima, Morettini 5/14, Peach of Station, Alexander, Early Elberta, Elberta of Middle Season, Beauty of Georgia, J.H. Hale, Late Elberta, Gold Drest, Morettini No. 1, Jerseyland, Desert Gold, Red Cup, Spring Crest, Loring, June Gold, Merril Gem Free, Early Red, Red Skin, Merril Fortyminer, Roubidoux, Fantasia, Sunhaven, Flavour Top, Merril Franciscan, Blake, Fairtime, Fayette) were studied for 12–18 years in three experimental orchards of Peripheral Agricultural Research Station of Rhodes (PARSR). Their degree of adaptation to the soil and climatic conditions of PARSR was evaluated in terms of yield per tree, time of bloom, time of fruit ripening, fruit quality etc. These results have been compared with related experimental data recorded at the Pomology Institute (PI) at Naoussa. The results indicate that: many peach-nectarine varieties with quite high chilling requirements (Loring, Blake) gave satisfactory yield in PARSR, where the mean average of temperatures below 7°C over one decade was found to be 147 hours (range 52–226). Some peach-nectarine varieties in experimental orchards of PARSR ripened more than ten days earlier (Desert Gold, Early Red, Peach of Station, Loring, Merril Gem Free), of others at about the same time (Coronet, Cotonia Massima, Red Skin, Fertilia Morettini, Red Globe) and at others on a later date (Merril Fortyminer, Early Elberta, J.H. Hale, Cardinal, Southhaven) than they would ripen in northern Greece (PI). Similar differences were also found for the time of blooming.

scholarly journals On the presence of elusive sea slugs and snails in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda): new records

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Salvador ◽  
Robert Fernández-Vilert ◽  
Juan Moles
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Catalan Coast ◽  
Sea Slugs ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractCitizen science provides us with much information about charismatic taxa such as the opisthobranchs, thus contributing enormously to enlarging the geographic distribution of species. This study collects new records of elusive sea slugs and snails in the Western Mediterranean coast (especially in the Catalan coast and the French Mediterranean coast) and contributes to new ecological information regarding phenology, diet, and behaviour. Out of the 36 species reported here, 20 correspond to new records in the Catalan coast (NE Spain), three are new records of pelagic pteropods for the Spanish coast, and 10 other species are new records for the French Mediterranean coast. All records have been registered at the online database of the NGO named Catalan Opisthobranch Research Group (GROC). This study highlights the importance of sampling at night and, especially, in shallow, often-understudied waters, which usually gather high species diversity. We believe the high-quality pictures and related species’ information will serve future researchers and divers find and recognize these species in the Mediterranean basin.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF THE FORMATION OF SPELEOTHEMS IN THE AGIOS GEORGIOS CAVE, KILKIS (N. GREECE)

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 876
Author(s):  
A. Antonelou ◽  
B. Tsikouras ◽  
D. Papoulis ◽  
K. Hatzipanagiotou
Keyword(s):  
Microscopic Investigation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Growth Surface ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopic ◽  
Of Greece

The Agios Georgios cave at Kilkis (North Greece) contains a large variety of speleothems and it is considered as one of the most decorated caves of Greece. For this study a coordinated geochemical and textural investigation of the speleothem was carried out. This stalactite was cut along its growth axis and a transverse slab of it shows parallel calcite layers of varying thickness and colour, whose regularity and spacing suggest an annual origin. Microscopic investigation of polished-thin sections resulted in a detailed description of several fabric types. Scanning Electron Microscopic study and microanalyses revealed that pure calcite is dominant; local Mg-bearing calcite occurs, too. In some pores among the faceted crystals there is a variety of clay minerals that, along with the development of Mg-bearing calcite, are interpreted as the result of microbiological or/and climatic changes. Numerous changes in environmental conditions in caves (particularly changes in water flow rates) cause variations in the degree of perfection of crystallite lateral growth and inclusions may trapped by their advancing growth surface. The speleothem is studied in order to generate archives of climate change (aridity, flow rates etc.) and indentifying shifts in climate system. The successive laminae in the studied speleothem from Agios Georgios suggest alternative cool and warm periods in the past climatic conditions of northern Greece.

scholarly journals Two aphid species newly introduced in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Margaritopoulos ◽  
A. P. Papapanagiotou ◽  
C. Ch. Voudouris ◽  
A. Kati ◽  
R. L. Blackman
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Sorghum Halepense ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Southern Greece

In this paper we report two aphid species as new records for the Greek and the European aphid fauna. The species are Aphis odinae (van der Goot) and Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). The former was found on Pittosporum spp. in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and the latter on Sorghum halepense (L.) in Messolonghi, southern Greece, and also in Thessaloniki. Heavy infestations in Pittosporum trees by A. odinae have not been observed and M. sorghi was not detected in cultivated sorghum or maize in the few inspections we made. Thus, according to our inspections neither of these species is as yet of economic importance in Greece. These two species increase the number of aphid species recorded in Greece to 335.

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