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Characterization of Terpenoids from the Ambrosia Beetle Symbiont and Laurel Wilt Pathogen Harringtonia lauricola. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel), 2023
Little is known concerning terpenoids produced by members of the fungal order Ophiostomales, with the member Harringtonia lauricola having the unique lifestyle of being a beetle symbiont but potentially devastating tree pathogen.
Zhu Z, Yang C, Keyhani NO, Liu S, Pu H, Jia P, Wu D, Stevenson PC, Fernández-Grandon GM, Pan J, Chen Y, Guan X, Qiu J.   +12 more
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A New Repellent for Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Primary Vector of the Mycopathogen That Causes Laurel Wilt [PDF]

Plants, 2023
The redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, was detected in Georgia, USA, in 2002 and has since spread to 11 additional states. This wood-boring weevil carries a symbiotic fungus, Harringtonia lauricola, that causes laurel wilt, a lethal disease of ...
Kevin R Cloonan, Paul E Kendra, Teresa I Narvaez   +2 more
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Four New Species of Harringtonia: Unravelling the Laurel Wilt Fungal Genus. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel), 2022
Symbiosis between beetles and fungi arose multiple times during the evolution of both organisms. Some of the most biologically diverse and economically important are mutualisms in which the beetles cultivate and feed on fungi.
Araújo JPM, Li Y, Duong TA, Smith ME, Adams S, Hulcr J.   +5 more
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Flexibility in the ambrosia symbiosis of Xyleborus bispinatus. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 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.
Menocal O, Cruz LF, Kendra PE, Berto M, Carrillo D.   +4 more
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Community of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems with Laurel Wilt. [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, is an invasive wood-boring pest first detected in the USA in 2002 in Georgia. The beetle’s dominant fungal symbiont, Harringtonialauricola, causes laurel wilt, a lethal disease of trees in the Lauraceae.
Cloonan KR, Montgomery WS, Narvaez TI, Carrillo D, Kendra PE.   +4 more
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Fungi That Live Within Animals: Application of Cell Cytometry to Examine Fungal Colonization of Ambrosia Beetle (<i>Xyleborus</i> sp.) Mycangia. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Ambrosia beetles bore into trees, excavating galleries where they farm fungi as their sole source of nutrition. These mutualistic fungi typically do not cause significant damage to host trees; however, since their invasion into the U.S., the beetle ...
Joseph RA, Bansal K, Nguyen J, Bielanski M, Tirmizi E, Masoudi A, Keyhani NO.   +6 more
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Genetic tools for transformation of Xyleborus ambrosia beetle fungal symbionts. [PDF]

Fungal Biol Biotechnol
Background Ambrosia beetles rely on obligate fungal partners for survival, and these associations are emerging as model systems for examining the development and evolution of fungal-animal mutualism.
Joseph RA, Masoudi A, Keyhani NO.
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Carrying the seeds of your crop: fungal genetic networks activated during colonization of the ambrosia beetle symbiotic organ. [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Myco-cultivation by ambrosia beetles involves unique symbiotic partnerships with select fungi. These beetles grow and tend their fungal gardens as food for larvae and adults.
Joseph RA, Bansal K, Keyhani NO.
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Pest categorisation of non-EU Scolytinae on non-coniferous hosts. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation for the EU territory of non‐EU Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on non‐coniferous hosts, which total 6495 known species. Most species attack apparently healthy, weakened or dead trees, either feeding on the phloem (‘bark beetles’ subgroup) or on fungi inoculated into ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire JC, Battisti A, Malumphy C, Faccoli M, Kertesz V, Marchioro M, Martinez I, Ortis G, Rassati D, Ruzzier E, MacLeod A.   +30 more
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Predicting the dispersal and invasion dynamics of ambrosia beetles through demographic reconstruction and process-explicit modeling. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Evaluating potential routes of invasion of pathogens and vectors of sanitary importance is essential for planning and decision-making at multiple scales.
Fadda LA, Osorio-Olvera L, Ibarra-Juárez LA, Soberón J, Lira-Noriega A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources