Host switching by an ambrosia beetle fungal mutualist: Mycangial colonization of indigenous beetles by the invasive laurel wilt fungal pathogen.
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DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16401
Abstract: Ambrosia beetles require their fungal symbiotic partner as their cultivated (farmed) food source in tree galleries. While most fungal-beetle partners do not kill the host trees they inhabit, since their introduction (invasion) into the United… read more here.
Keywords: colonization; ambrosia beetle; indigenous beetles; host switching ... See more keywords