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Malus domestica Borkh. (Apple)

Suggested Literature

Malus domestica may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Malus domestica:

is parasitised by Podosphaera leucotricha - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
apple (stored) stored apple is decayed by fruitbody Cylindrobasidium laeve - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Meruliaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [causes "Fish Eye Disease" of stored apples]
Photos branch branch is parasitised by haustorium Viscum album - Mistletoe (Viscaceae) UK/Ireland Major Briggs, J., 1995
flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by imago Hoplocampa testudinea - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
fruit (developing) developing fruit may contain larva Hoplocampa testudinea - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958 [generally falls off when larva is mature]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Ochropsora ariae - a wood anemone rust (Uredinales: Uropyxidaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal uredium Ochropsora ariae - a wood anemone rust (Uredinales: Uropyxidaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza heringiana - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza heringiana - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine irregularly linear, even forming a secondary blotch]
leaf leaf is grazed by gregarious larva Pristiphora moesta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958
ovary ovary may house ovum Hoplocampa testudinea - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958

Malus domestica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)
Malus
(apples)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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