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Nitrogen and Ergosterol Concentrations Varied in Live Jack Pine Phloem Following Inoculations With Fungal Associates of Mountain Pine Beetle
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Guevara-Rozo, Sydne, Hussain, Altaf, Cale, Jonathan A., Klutsch, Jennifer G., Rajabzadeh, Rahmatollah, Erbilgin, Nadir
Bark beetles form symbiotic associations with multiple species of fungi that supplement their metabolic needs. However, the relative contributions of each symbiont to the nutrition of bark beetles have been largely unexplored. Thus, we evaluated the ability of three fungal symbionts of mountain...
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Using a native plant-pathogen system as a model to investigate success of the invasive mountain pine beetle in jack pine
DownloadFall 2017
Tree-infesting organisms have recently expanded their ranges into many novel habitats where they will not only interact with new host tree species, but also with a myriad of other organisms that also share these hosts. Understanding the major factors and mechanisms that mediate...