Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente, 2021 Introduction: Severe Dendroctonus spp. infestations are reported in North and Central America. Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins and Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann are recognized as forest pests and are common in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.Objective: To model current and future (2015-2039) spatial distribution of risk D ...
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Pine Pitch Canker and Insects: Relationships and Implications for Disease Spread in Europe [PDF]
, 2019 Producción CientíficaThe fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O’ Donnell) is the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC) disease, which seriously affects conifer species in forests and nurseries worldwide.
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A Bayesian space-time model for discrete spread processes on a lattice [PDF]
, 2012 Funding for this work was provided by GEOIDE through the Government of Canada’s Networks for Centres of Excellence program.In this article we present a Bayesian Markov model for investigating environmental spread processes. We formulate a model where the
Long, J.A. +3 more
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Transcriptome analysis and systemic RNAi response in the African sweetpotato weevil (Cylas puncticollis, Coleoptera, Brentidae [PDF]
, 2015 The African sweetpotato weevil (SPW) Cylas puncticollis Boheman is one of the most important constraints of sweetpotato production in Sub-Saharan Africa and yet is largely an uncharacterized insect pest.
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Rapid neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in a major forest pest
Nature Communications, 2017 The evolution of new sex chromosomes potentially generates reproductive isolation. Here, Bracewell et al. combine crossing experiments with population and functional genomics to characterize neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in the ...
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Bark beetle population dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and solutions [PDF]
, 2019 Tree-killing bark beetles are the most economically important insects in conifer forests worldwide. However, despite N200 years of research, the drivers of population eruptions and crashes are still not fully understood and the existing knowledge is thus
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\u3ci\u3eTomicus Piniperda\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Reproduction and Development in Scots, Jack, Red and Eastern White Pine Under Laboratory Conditions [PDF]
, 2018 The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (L.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is an exotic bark beetle in North America that was first found in the Great Lakes region in 1992. We evaluated T.
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The Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
EDIS, 2022 The southern pine beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, has been the most economically important forest insect in the pine timber industry in the southern United States. From 1960 through 1990, the bark beetle caused economic losses estimated
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Manejo forestal y control de escarabajos descortezadores en Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca
Revista Mexicana de BiodiversidadEl cambio climático ha favorecido el incremento de las poblaciones de escarabajos descortezadores del género Dendroctonus en los bosques de pino debido al aumento de temperaturas e incidencia de sequías.
Ek del-Val, Tania Alhelí Cruz-Mejía
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Insect Science, EarlyView.The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji +3 more
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