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Flexibility in the ambrosia symbiosis of Xyleborus bispinatus
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionAmbrosia beetles maintain strict associations with specific lineages of fungi. However, anthropogenic introductions of ambrosia beetles into new ecosystems can result in the lateral transfer of their symbionts to other ambrosia beetles.
Octavio Menocal +4 more
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Diversity, 2022 In Indonesia, Pinus merkusii, the Sumatran pine, is the most important forest tree in the industry. This study aimed to determine the effects of pine forest types and sites on the abundance of ambrosia beetles in four pine forest types and sites, i.e ...
Hagus Tarno +6 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Ambrosia beetles are insect vectors of important plant diseases and have been considered as a threat to forest ecosystems, agriculture, and the timber industry.
Nohemí Carreras-Villaseñor +9 more
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A guide to Florida’s common bark and ambrosia beetles
EDIS, 2014 This 36-page guide provides an introduction to the biology and identification of Florida’s bark and ambrosia beetles. Written by Craig Bateman and Jiri Hulcr, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, September ...
Craig Bateman, Jiri Hulcr
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Bark beetles (sensu lato) colonize woody tissues like phloem or xylem and are associated with a broad range of micro-organisms. Specific fungi in the ascomycete orders Hypocreales, Microascales and Ophistomatales as well as the basidiomycete Russulales ...
Maximilian Lehenberger +3 more
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Trapping of ambrosia beetles by artificially produced lures in a oak forest
Plant Protection Science, 2020 Ambrosia beetles are among the most damaging forest pests. They are frequently moved intercontinentally and are therefore subject to quarantines.
Tomáš Fiala, Jaroslav Holuša
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Bark and Wood Boring Insects—Past, Present, and the Future Knowledge We Need
Insects, 2021 Bark and wood-boring insects represent a very diverse group of insects that includes bark and ambrosia beetles, cerambycids, weevils, jewel beetles, or even anobiids from the order of beetles (Coleoptera), but in the broader sense other insect orders ...
Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Ferenc Lakatos
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Common Bark Beetle Pests of Florida
EDIS, 2021 This new 4-page guide was created specifically as an aid for youth forestry knowledge competitions, including 4-H and Future Farmers of America. Along with a collection of the listed beetles, it is suitable as a beginner’s introduction to the most ...
Sawyer Adams, Jiri Hulcr
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Many wood-boring insects use aggregation pheromones during mass colonization of host trees. Bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are a model system, but much less is known about the role of semiochemicals during host selection by ambrosia beetles. As
Antonio Gugliuzzo +5 more
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Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
EDIS, 2011 Ambrosia beetles are wood-degrading insects that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. Usually we consider ambrosia beetles beneficial because they accelerate the decay of dead trees, which is important for nutrient cycling in healthy ...
Rajinder Mann +3 more
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