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Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
- 6mountain pine beetle
- 2Grosmannia clavigera
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- 1aggregation
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Comparing lodgepole pine defence responses against mountain pine beetle and Grosmannia clavigera
DownloadSpring 2024
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; MPB) is a bark beetle that poses a significant threat to pine species in western North America. This threat is evident in the ongoing MPB epidemic, which has resulted in significant losses of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia)...
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Fall 2022
Canada’s forests are experiencing unprecedented pest and pathogen outbreaks; such instances are expected to increase under predicted climate change scenarios. A host’s ability to mount an effective defense response against pest and pathogen antagonists is dependent on recognition of the...
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Spring 2019
Rapid advances in sequencing technologies and analysis methods have greatly increased our understanding of genomic architecture in non-model organisms. The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a non-model organism that has received intensive genomic study and is of great...
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Influence of Semiochemical Cues on Mountain Pine Beetle Flight and Subsequent Effect of Flight on Host Colonisation Processes
DownloadFall 2019
The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an aggressive pine pest in western North America. This beetle undergoes cyclical population outbreaks, and in the most recent outbreak the beetle expanded its range to the north and east. During this range...
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Pine Wars: A New Host Interactions between the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) and its pine hosts in Canada's boreal forest
DownloadFall 2023
Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has undergone a climate change facilitated range expansion and has attacked and killed trees at higher latitudes and elevations than has ever been recorded. During outbreaks, MPB attack large healthy pine trees that will fight back against the colonizing beetles using...
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Transcriptomic analyses of Pinus contorta responses to Grosmannia clavigera under contrasting levels of nitrogen availability
DownloadSpring 2021
In western Canada alone, the current mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak has devastated nearly 19 million hectares of pine forest, negatively impacting communities, industries and ecosystems. Reforestation efforts can benefit from a deeper understanding of the impact of nitrogen (N)-based...