Extinction Threat to a Previously Undescribed Species of Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Two Associated Parasitoid Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae and Eulophidae) on a Threatened Rose. [PDF]
Ann Entomol Soc Am, 2023 Diplolepis ogawai Abe and Ide sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) induces galls on Rosa hirtula (Regel) Nakai (Rosales: Rosaceae), which is endemic to a restricted area of Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Abe Y, Ide T, Matsuo K, Maeto K, Wu Y.
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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]
Front Plant Sci, 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.
Zhu C +7 more
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Population Dynamics and Tree Damage of the Invasive Chestnut Gall Wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, in Its Southernmost European Distributional Range. [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Simple Summary Chestnut cultivation makes it possible to invigorate the economy of many rural areas in Europe. The chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a serious invasive pest that causes severe damage to chestnut cultivation worldwide.
Quinto J +4 more
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The Diversity of Bacteria Associated with the Invasive Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus, Its Galls and a Specialist Parasitoid on Chestnuts. [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary The insect Dryocosmus kuriphilus induces galls on chestnut trees. Torymus sinensis is a host-specific parasitoid of D. kuriphilus and phenologically synchronizes with D. kuriphilus.
Yang X +6 more
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Genomic Breeding for Diameter Growth and Tolerance to Leptocybe Gall Wasp and Botryosphaeria/Teratosphaeria Fungal Disease Complex in Eucalyptus grandis. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 Eucalyptus grandis is one of the most important species for hardwood plantation forestry around the world. At present, its commercial deployment is in decline because of pests and pathogens such as Leptocybe invasa gall wasp (Lepto), and often co ...
Mphahlele MM +3 more
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Forest Systems, 2019 Aim of study: The globally invasive gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Cynipidae: Cynipini), reached Spain seven years ago and is already regarded as an important pest of chestnuts (Castanea spp.) in this country as well as worldwide.
Jose Luis Nieves-Aldrey +10 more
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Short-Term Cold Stress Affects Parasitism on the Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Simple Summary The Asian cynipid gall wasp (ACGW) “Dryocosmus kuriphilus” has become widespread in Europe. In all invaded areas, it is parasitized by native parasitoids associated with oak galls, for which the ACGW represents a non-saturated adaptation ...
Bonsignore CP +3 more
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Development of High-Density Genetic Linkage Maps and Identification of Loci for Chestnut Gall Wasp Resistance in Castanea spp. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2020 Castanea sativa is an important multipurpose species in Europe for nut and timber production as well as for its role in the landscape and in the forest ecosystem.
Torello Marinoni D +10 more
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Phylogenomic analysis of protein‐coding genes resolves complex gall wasp relationships
Systematic Entomology, 2023 Gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) comprise 13 distinct tribes whose interrelationships remain incompletely understood. Recent analyses of ultra‐conserved elements (UCEs) represent the first attempt at resolving these relationships using phylogenomics ...
J. Hearn +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The phage WO was characterized in Wolbachia, a strictly intracellular bacterium causing several reproductive alterations in its arthropod hosts. This study aimed to screen the presence of Wolbachia and phage WO in 15 gall wasp species from six provinces ...
Dao-Hong Zhu +3 more
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