Identification of a Unique Genomic Region in Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) That Controls Resistance to Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu [PDF]
PlantsThe Asian chestnut gall wasp (ACGW) (Hymenoptera Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu) is a severe pest of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) with a strong impact on growth and nut production.
Muriel Gaudet +5 more
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Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2021 Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae), is an important pest of Castanea species worldwide. Adults emerge in summer and lay eggs in a few days. Severe infestations may reduce chestnut and timber production.
Melih Mıcık +3 more
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Transcriptomics and Antioxidant Analysis of Two Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima BL.) Varieties Provides New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Resistance to Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Infestation [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Chinese chestnut is a popular fruit tree with a high nutritional value of its nuts, which can suffer from infestation by the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (GWDK) that results in gall formation and resultant loss of production and profitability.
Niels Nieuwenhuizen +2 more
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Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2023 The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a major insect pest affecting chestnut trees worldwide. Due to the galls that it creates on shoots and leaves, this pest prevents shoot development and blooming and decreases the fruit yield.
Başak MÜFTÜOĞLU +2 more
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Susceptibility levels of some chestnut cultivars and genotypes to the chestnut gall wasp in Turkey
Genetika, 2022 The Asian chestnut gall wasp (ACGW) is one of the most important pests threatening most Castanea species. The best management strategy against this pest can be establishing new orchards with resistant cultivars along with biocontrol (parasitoid Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)).
Yusuf Çil, Ümit Serdar, Burak Akyüz
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Interactions between chestnut gall wasp and blight: a new criticality for chestnut [PDF]
Forest@, 2010 The fast spread of Chinese gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) represents a new constraint factor for chestnut stands and orchards in Italy. So far, the favourable effect of hypovirulence in Cryphonectria parasitica-Castanea sativa patho-system allowed the
Turchetti T, Addario E, Maresi G
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Assessment of Chestnut Gall Toughness: Implications for a Biocontrol Agent [PDF]
Insects, 2022 (1) Torymus sinensis, the biocontrol agent of the Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus, is univoltine, but in NW Italy a small percentage of individuals exhibits a prolonged diapause, mainly as late instar larva.
Chiara Ferracini +5 more
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Anatomical Changes during Chestnut (Castanea mollissima BL.) Gall Development Stages Induced by the Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) [PDF]
PlantsThis study delved into the larval development and the morphological and anatomical transformations that occur in the galls of chestnut trees (Castanea mollissima BL.) and are induced by the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (GWDK) across
Cheng Wang +5 more
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Practices to manage chestnut orchards infested by the Chinese gall wasp [PDF]
Forest@, 2012 The rapid spread of the Chinese gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu) in Italian chestnut growing areas is causing new criticisms. In this context, in addition to a clear plant suffering due to the wasp infestation, the dangerous recurrence of ...
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 Plants draw from various genetically controlled defenses to protect against herbivores and pathogens. The efficacy of alternative defenses can vary with the biology and phylogeny of the enemy. Dryocosmus kuriphilus, an invasive gall maker native to China,
Matthew Ayres, , Maria Lombardero
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