Chrysomelidae are a taxon with an enormous plethora of highly specialised herbivorous
species. The present study provides an overview of the knowledge available so far on cues …

Lagerstroemia is a genus of plants comprised of deciduous shrubs or small trees native to
China southward into Southeast Asia. L. indica, the oldest and most widespread species in …

Terrestrial plant leaves are complex structures of composite materials. Resistance to fracture
is achieved by a number of mechanisms, which operate at the molecular, cell, tissue, and …

Compensatory base changes (CBCs) in the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) internal transcribed
spacer 2 (ITS2) secondary structures have been used to successfully verify the taxonomy of …

Production of viable interspecific seedlings from a cross between Lagerstroemia indica
L.'Tonto'× L. speciosa (L.) Pers. was confirmed by comparison of morphological traits and …

Genetic diversity was estimated for 51 Lagerstroemia indica L. cultivars, five Lagerstroemia
fauriei Koehne cultivars, and 37 interspecific hybrids using 78 simple sequence repeat …

Abstract The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) was introduced to a New Jersey
nursery in 1916 and continues to spread across the United States and Canada. Adults attack …

Crapemyrtle aphid [Sarucallis kahawaluokalani](CMA) is an introduced pest of crapemyrtle
(Lagerstroemia spp. L.), which is among the most common ornamental tree genera in the …

Lagerstroemia is a genus of plants comprised of deciduous shrubs or small trees native to
China southward into Southeast Asia. There is a wide range among cultivars of tolerance to …

Simple Summary An exotic insect, crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS, Acanthococcus
lagerstroemiae), has spread across 14 states of the US The infestation of CMBS has …