Co-Infection with Three Mycoviruses Stimulates Growth of a Monilinia fructicola Isolate on Nutrient Medium, but Does Not Induce Hypervirulence in a Natural Host

Monilinia fructicola and Monilinia laxa are the most destructive fungal species click here infecting stone fruit (Prunus species).High-throughput cDNA sequencing of M.laxa and M.fructicola isolates collected from stone fruit orchards revealed that 14% of isolates were infected with one or more of three mycoviruses: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum hypoviru

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Feeding ecology of demersal elasmobranchs from the shelf and slope off the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

The feeding ecology of eight demersal elasmobranchs, three sharks (Etmopterus spinax, Scyliorhinus canicula and Galeus melastomus) and five batoids (Myliobatis aquila, Leucoraja naevus, Raja polystigma, R.miraletus and R.clavata), from the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean) was analyzed.For each species, the diet and feeding habits were character

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