[Supply and demand of clinical practice fields for training undergraduate health sciences students in Peru, 2005-2009].

Objectives: To describe the supply and demand of clinical fields for undergraduate students of Peru.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive study was considering as supply of clinical fields the total number of existing hospital beds in Peru. The demand was calculated using the total number of alumni registered in health science carrers following the clinical years or the internship.

First Report of Neofusicoccum parvum Associated with Dieback of Mango Trees in Peru.

Mango (Mangifera indica L) is one of the most important cash crops of northern Peru. Since 2003, adult mango trees (cvs. Criollo and Kent) located in Piura Province developed symptoms of dieback characterized by the death of twigs and branches in the tree canopy.

Bleeding Canker on Mesquite in Peru caused by Phytophthora syringae.

Mesquite (Prosopis pallida (Wildenow) Kunth) is a drought-tolerant tree widely distributed in the northern Pacific Coast of South America. This species prevents soil erosion, provides shade, conserves prairies, supports bee nutrition, and provides fruits for human and animal consumption. Since the spring of 2004, bark lesions and bleeding cankers were observed on trunks and branches of 70% of declining mesquite trees in some parks at Ica in southern Peru.