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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 IntroductionThe Asian chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) is a major pest of chestnut trees worldwide, seriously affecting chestnut cultivation.
Fernando Castedo-Dorado +2 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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Current Biology, 2018 Egan et al. introduce the reader to gall wasps, including a description of their life cycle and complex ecological interactions with host plants and natural enemies.
Scott P, Egan +3 more
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EDIS, 2018 Accessibility Summary: In accordance with Title II regulations this content meets all points of exemption as Archived web content and/or Preexisting conventional electronic documents.
Emilie P. Demard, Ronald D. Cave
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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022 The gall wasp Aulacidea hieracii L., 1758 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) forms a stem gall on the hawkweed Hieracium × robustum Fries, 1848 (Asteraceae), a weedy herb that grows in the steppe biotopes of Eurasia.
Matvey I. Nikelshparg +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The ancient interaction between figs (Ficus, Moraceae) and their pollinating fig wasps is an unusual example of a mutualism between plants and gall-inducing insects.
Renee M. Borges
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Assessment of Chestnut Gall Toughness: Implications for a Biocontrol Agent
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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Andricus pseudocecconii sp. nova (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Iran [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2022 A new species of oak gall wasp, Andricus pseudocecconii Melika, Tavakoli & Stone, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) is described. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new species are given.
George Melika +4 more
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EVOLUTION OF THE GALL WASP-HOST PLANT ASSOCIATION [PDF]
Evolution, 2001 Gall wasps, or cynipids, form the second largest radiation of galling insects with more than 1300 described species. According to current views, the first cynipids were phytophagous and developed in herb stems of the Asteraceae without modifying plant growth or development.
F, Ronquist, J, Liljeblad
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Investigations into stability in the fig/ fig-wasp mutualism [PDF]
, 2010 Fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) are involved in an obligate mutualism where each partner relies on the other in order to reproduce: the pollinating fig wasps are a fig tree’s only pollen disperser ...
Al-Beidh, Sarah, Al-Beidh, Sarah
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