Red turpentine beetle: innocuous native becomes invasive tree killer in China

J Sun, M Lu, NE Gillette… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:
Scolytinae), is a secondary pest of pines in its native range in North and Central America …

Antennal Transcriptome Analysis of Odorant Reception Genes in the Red Turpentine Beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens

XC Gu, YN Zhang, K Kang, SL Dong, LW Zhang - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a destructive invasive pest of conifers which has become the …

Applied chemical ecology of the mountain pine beetle

RA Progar, N Gillette, CJ Fettig, K Hrinkevich - Forest Science, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, is a primary agent of forest
disturbance in western North America. Episodic outbreaks occur at the convergence of …

Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana (Hyphomycetes) isolates as potential agents for control of Dendroctonus valens

LW Zhang, YJ Liu, J Yao, B Wang, B Huang… - Insect …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte, as a destructive invasive
pest, has become one of the most economically important forest pest in China. Effective …

Xyleborus glabratus, X. affinis, and X. ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): Electroantennogram Responses to Host-Based Attractants and Temporal …

PE Kendra, WS Montgomery, J Niogret… - Environmental …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff, is an exotic wood-boring insect
that vectors the mycopathogen responsible for laurel wilt, a lethal vascular disease of trees …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative GC-MS analysis of two Brassica rapa L. varieties for identification of volatile compounds

J Kumar, B Paul, SM Nebapure, S Singh - Chem. Sci. Rev. Lett, 2017 - academia.edu
Plant volatiles are known to play important in herbivore-plant interaction. Extraction and
identification of these volatile compounds is very essential for exploring their possible …

Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, Antennal and Behavioral Responses to Nonhost Leaf and Bark Volatiles

WP Shepherd, BT Sullivan - Journal of chemical ecology, 2013 - Springer
A growing body of evidence suggests that bark beetles detect and avoid release points of
volatile compounds associated with nonhost species, and thus such nonhost volatiles may …

Monoterpene Variation Mediated Attack Preference Evolution of the Bark Beetle Dendroctonus valens

Z Liu, B Wang, B Xu, J Sun - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Several studies suggest that some bark beetle like to attack large trees. The invasive red
turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte, one of the most destructive forest …

Chemical ecology of bark beetles in regard to search and selection of host trees

JA Byers, Q Zhang - Recent Advances in Entomological Research: From …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), especially pests in the genera
Dendroctonus, Ips, Scolytus, Trypodendron, Tomicus, and Pityogenes of the Northern …

Colonization patterns of the red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the Luliang Mountains, China

Z Liu, L Zhang, Z Shi, B Wang, WQ Tao, J Sun - Insect Science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The alien red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte, is one of the most
economically destructive forest pests in China, having killed more than 6 million pines in …