Western Spruce Budworm Effects on Forest Resilience [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Western spruce budworm (Choristoneura freemani Razowski) is the most destructive defoliator of forests in the western US. Forests in northern New Mexico experienced high levels of WSBW-caused defoliation and subsequent mortality between the 1980s and ...
Adam D. Polinko +5 more
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Hydroxyacetophenone defenses in white spruce against spruce budworm [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2020 We review a recently discovered white spruce (Picea glauca) chemical defense against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) involving hydroxyacetophenones.
Geneviève J. Parent +7 more
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Cost-Effective Monitoring of Spruce Budworm Larvae [PDF]
InsectsThe spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clem. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is the most severe defoliator of balsam fir (Abies balsamea) in eastern Canada and northeast U.S.A.
Marc Rhainds, Pierre Therrien
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Avian Predation in a Declining Outbreak Population of the Spruce Budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The impact of avian predation on a declining population of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumifereana (Clem.), was measured using single-tree exclosure cages in a mature stand of balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.), and white spruce, Picea glauca (Moench.)
Jacques Régnière +2 more
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Pheromone and Host Plant Odor Detection in Eastern Spruce Budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens, is an ecologically significant defoliator of spruce and balsam fir in North America. Optimization of semiochemical-mediated control is needed to improve the existing integrated pest management systems ...
Thanusha Suresh +2 more
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Continent‐wide population genomic structure and phylogeography of North America’s most destructive conifer defoliator, the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, is presumed to be panmictic across vast regions of North America. We examined the extent of panmixia by genotyping 3,650 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci in 1975 individuals from 128 collections ...
Lisa M. Lumley +7 more
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Does a Spruce Budworm Outbreak Affect the Growth Response of Black Spruce to a Subsequent Thinning? [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 In Canada, new forestry practices involving the natural dynamics of tree growth and regeneration are proposed for integrating forest management with biodiversity.
Sergio Rossi +3 more
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Composition of the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) Midgut Microbiota as Affected by Rearing Conditions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) is one of the most destructive forest insect pests in Canada. Little is known about its intestinal microbiota, which could play a role in digestion, immune protection, communication and/or development.
Mathieu Landry +4 more
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Detoxification of host plant phenolic aglycones by the spruce budworm. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 This study examines the post-ingestive fate of two host-plant derived small-molecule phenolics (the acetophenones piceol and pungenol) that have previously been shown to be toxic to the outbreaking forest pest, spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana ...
Dominic Donkor +4 more
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Association genetics of acetophenone defence against spruce budworm in mature white spruce [PDF]
BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Background Outbreaks of spruce budworm (SBW, Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) cause major recurrent damage in boreal conifers such as white spruce ( Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) and large losses of forest biomass in North America.
Mebarek Lamara +5 more
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