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- 1Cale, Jonathan A
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- 1Klutsch, Jennifer G
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Phytochemicals as mediators for host range expansion of a native invasive forest insect herbivore.
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Mountain pine beetle (MPB, Dendroctonus ponderosae) has recently breached the geo-climatic barrier of the northern Rocky Mountains and invaded novel jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests in western Canada. This breach signifies an unprecedented climate change-induced invasion of a new plant biome...
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Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of a novel host pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi
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Cale, Jonathan A, Muskens, Marlena, Najar, Ahmed, Ishangulyyvena, Guncha, Hussain, Altaf, Kanekar, Sanat S, Klutsch, Jennifer G, Taft, Spencer, Erbilgin, Nadir
Chemical induction can drive tree susceptibility to and host range expansions of attacking insects and fungi. Recently, mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; MPB) has expanded its host range from its historic host lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Douglas ex Loudon)...