@article{8325ec5080b24b29a199c63df543edd0,
title = "Invasive Asian Fusarium – Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualists pose a serious threat to forests, urban landscapes and the avocado industry",
abstract = "Several species of the ambrosia beetle Euwallacea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) cultivate Ambrosia Fusarium Clade (AFC) species in their galleries as a source of food. Like all other scolytine beetles in the tribe Xyleborini, Euwallacea are thought to be obligate mutualists with their fungal symbionts. Published diversification-time estimates suggest that the Euwallacea – Fusarium symbiosis evolved once approximately 21 million years ago. Female Euwallacea possess paired oral mycangia within which foundresses transport their Fusarium symbiont vertically from their natal gallery to new woody hosts. During the past two decades, exotic Asian Euwallacea – Fusarium mutualists have been introduced into the United States, Israel and Australia. Because these invasive pests attack and can reproduce on living woody hosts, they pose a serious threat to native forests, urban landscapes and the avocado industry.",
author = "Kerry O{\textquoteright}Donnell and Ran Libeskind-Hadas and Jiri Hulcr and Craig Bateman and Kasson, {Matthew T.} and Ploetz, {Randy C.} and Konkol, {Joshua L.} and Ploetz, {Jill N.} and Daniel Carrillo and Alina Campbell and Duncan, {Rita E.} and Liyanage, {Pradeepa N.H.} and Akif Eskalen and Lynch, {Shannon C.} and Geiser, {David M.} and Stanley Freeman and Zvi Mendel and Michal Sharon and Takayuki Aoki and Coss{\'e}, {Allard A.} and Rooney, {Alejandro P.}",
note = "Funding Information: Thanks are due to Stacy Sink for excellent technical assistance, and Nathane Orwig and Amy McGovern for running the Sanger and Illumina MiSeq sequence data at NCAUR. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. JH and CCB were partially funded by the USDA Forest Service agreement 12-CA-11420004-042, USDA Farm Bill agreement 12-8130-0377-CA, and the National Science Foundation DEB 1256968. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht (outside the USA).",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s12600-016-0543-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "44",
pages = "435--442",
journal = "Phytoparasitica",
issn = "0334-2123",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "4",
}