Abundance and Diversity of Ophiostomatoid Fungi Associated With the Great Spruce Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus micans) in the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Abundance and Diversity of Ophiostomatoid Fungi Associated With the Great Spruce Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus micans) in the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The role of several virulent tree pathogens in host death has been overlooked because of the aggressiveness of their associated bark beetles. The great spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus micans) is a widely distributed beetle that infests coniferous plants in Eurasia; however, its associated fungi hav...

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Main Authors: Zheng Wang, Qinzheng Zhou, Guiheng Zheng, Jiaxing Fang, Fuzhong Han, Xingyao Zhang, Quan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
bark beetles
conifer
Endoconidiophora laricicola
Leptographium
Ophiostoma
tree pathogens
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.721395/full

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