The ambrosia beetle–fungus farming symbiosis is more heterogeneous than previously
thought. There is not one but many ambrosia symbioses. Beetle-fungus specificity is clade …

Mango, banana, papaya, pineapple, and avocado are categorized as major tropical fruits
grown for local consumption, export, and sources of income to the growers. These fruit crops …

In the present study, we identified the fungal community, including yeasts, in the mycangium
of the ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and …

The genus Neocosmospora (Fusarium solani species complex) contains saprobes, plant
endophytes and pathogens of major economic significance as well as opportunistic animal …

1. With evidence of significant global insect declines mounting, urgent calls to mitigate such
declines are also increasing. Efforts to reverse insect declines will only succeed, however, if …

We provide an overview of both traditional and innovative control tools for management of
three Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), invasive …

Despite efforts to control toxigenic Fusarium species, wilt and head-blight infections are
destructive and economically damaging diseases that have global effects. The utilization of …

The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), an ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculeonidae:
Scolytinae) native to Asia, together with its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae, has …

30 American Entomologist• Spring 2019 forest insects (Roques 2010, Meurisse et al. 2018).
Exclusion, or preventing the introduction of non-native species, is the most effective first line …

In this work, nanoparticles (NPs) of ZnO, ZnO with Cu incorporated at 2 and 30 wt%, and
CuO were prepared by the hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction pattern (DRX) analysis …