Mortality of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) in association with a novel scale insect-pathogen complex in Virginia and West Virginia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.12.032
Abstract: Abstract Concerns about the health of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) exist throughout its range in the eastern United States due to a variety of causal factors. In the central and southern Appalachian Mountains,… read more here.
Keywords: white pine; pine; pathogen complex; mortality ... See more keywords
Host evolutionary relationships explain tree mortality caused by a generalist pest–pathogen complex
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.13182
Abstract: The phylogenetic signal of transmissibility (competence) and attack severity among hosts of generalist pests is poorly understood. In this study, we examined the phylogenetic effects on hosts differentially affected by an emergent generalist beetle–pathogen complex… read more here.
Keywords: generalist pest; pathogen complex; host; pest pathogen ... See more keywords