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Pine defenses against the pitch canker disease are modulated by a native insect newly associated with the invasive fungus
2019-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Tomicus piniperda (Coleptera, Curculionidae) is a native insect in Europe and now potential enabler of the invasive fungal pathogen of pines, Fusarium circinatum. The co-occurence of T. piniperda and F. circunatum could increase disease incidence via (1) insect wounding when they bore galleries into shoots of healthy trees, and (2) by acting as vectors that introduce fungal propagules directly. The extent of damag...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e84299f4-72ae-5c09-872c-e1ace2c343d7
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.041
