https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14676 2026-04-11T13:11:50Z 2026-04-11T13:11:50Z Mifsud, David Dandria, David https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15016 2020-11-17T14:30:54Z 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Introduction and establishment of Phryneta Leprosa (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in Malta Authors: Mifsud, David; Dandria, David Abstract: The accidental introduction and establishment of Phryneta leprosa (Fabricius, 1775) in the Maltese Islands is recorded for' the first time outside of its native distributional range. This species has been reported as a major pest of Castilloa and Chlorophora in tropical Africa. In the Maltese Islands the species is reported to be well established in the Rabat area, where heavy infestations were observed on trees of black mulberry, Morus nigra.

2002-12-01T00:00:00Z Tabone, Matthew https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15015 2020-11-17T15:06:02Z 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A survey of fungal diseases associated with Vitis vinifera L. in the Maltese Islands Authors: Tabone, Matthew Abstract: A survey was carried out between July and September 2000 in l'Ovineyards, (8 in Malta and 2 in Goro) to investigate which fungal diseases were present. Samples, which included leaves, berries and stems infected by the fungi, came from both traditional and modem vineyard cultivation. Pathogenic fungi identified included 26 different fungi belonging to 21 genera; 21 taxa were reported on Vitis vinifera L. for the . first time in the Maltese Islands. It was observed that the intensity of diseases was much more pronounced in the traditional rather than in the modem method of vine-training.

2002-12-01T00:00:00Z Lanfranco, Edwin https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15014 2020-11-17T14:09:43Z 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A contribution to the freshwater macroalgal flora of the Maltese Islands Authors: Lanfranco, Edwin Abstract: A number of freshwater macroalgae are recorded for the fIrst time from the Maltese Islands.' These are: Tetrasporidium lundii, Palm ella miniata, Stigeoc!onium tenue, Monostroma bullosum, Spirogyra parvula, Spirogyra cf. occidentalis, Klebsormidium cf:jlaccidum, Tolypella glomerata, Vaucheria geminata, Vaucheria mulleola and Vaucheria verticil/ata. Of these the most biogeographically important are Tetrasporidium lundii which constitutes the fIrst record for Europe and the Mediterranean area and Vaucheria mulleola, which was previously known only from Swedish Lapland.

2002-12-01T00:00:00Z Lanfranco, Edwin Buttigieg, Rita https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14984 2020-11-17T14:37:45Z 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: New records for the Maltese flora : Centaurea acaulis L. (Family Asteraceae) Authors: Lanfranco, Edwin; Buttigieg, Rita Abstract: Centaurea acaulis L. is native to Tunisia and Algeria (Pottier-Alapetite, 1981) and is also known to occur in Lampedusa, one of the Pelagian Islands, 210km south of Sicily, 128 km from the Tunisian coast (Bartolo et al. 1988) and 150 km from Malta (Sommier, 1908), and in the north of Spain (Guinea Lopez & Ceballos Jimenez, 1974). In the February of2001, one of us (RB) encountered a population of this species in leaf on the Nuffara plateau in Gozo.

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