11/10/2005

Aukema, B. H., A. L. Carroll, J. Zhu, K. F. Raffa, T. A. Sickley, & S. W. Taylor. Landscape level population dynamics of mountain pine beetle in British Columbia, Canada: Searching for origins and possible mechanisms of the present outbreak. Ecography. Accpt. Pend. Revision.

Aukema, B.H., & K. F. Raffa. 2005. Selective manipulation of predators using pheromones: Responses to frontalin and ipsdienol pheromone components of bark beetles in the Great Lakes region.. Agr. & For. Entomol. 7: 193-200.

Aukema, B.H., Clayton, M, K. & K. F. Raffa 2005. Modeling flight activity and population dynamics of the pine engraver, Ips pini, in the Great Lakes Region: Effects of weather and predators over short time scales. Pop. Ecol. 47: 61-69.

Aukema, B.H., Werner, RA, Haberkern K.E, Illman, BL Clayton, M, K. & K. F. Raffa. 2005. Relative sources of variation at multiple levels of scale in bark beetle - fungal associations. For. Ecol. & Manag... 217: 187-202.

Bentz, B.J. and D.L. Six. In Press. Ergosterol content of three fungal species associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae and D. rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Bentz, B.J. In Press. Mountain Pine Beetle Population Sampling: Inferences from Lindgren Pheromone Traps and Tree Emergence Cages. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Bentz, B.J., S. Kegley, K. Gibson and R. Their. 2005. A test of high-dose verbenone for stand-level protection of lodgepole and whitebark pine from mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) attacks. Journal of Economic Entomology 98(5):1614-1621.

Blodgett, J.T., Herms, D.A., Bonello, P., 2005. Effects of fertilization on red pine defense chemistry and resistance to Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management 208, 373-382.

Delalibera, I. Jr, J. Handelsman, & K. F. Raffa. 2005. Cellulolytic Activity of microorganisms isolated from the guts of Saperda vestita (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Ips pini, and Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Environ. Entomol. 34; 541-547.

Erbilgin N, Storer AJ, Wood DL, Gordon TR. 2005. Colonization of cut branches of five coniferous hosts of the pitch canker fungus by Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in central, coastal California. Can Ent. 137: 337-349.

Harrington, T. C. 2005. Ecology and evolution of mycophagous bark beetles and their fungal partners. Pages 257-291 In: Ecological and Evolutionary Advances in Insect-Fungal Associations, F. E. Vega and M. Blackwell, eds. Oxford University Press, New York.

Kallas, M. A., Reich, R. M., Jacobi, W. R., and Lundquist, J. E. 2003. Modeling the probability of observing Armillaria root disease in the Black Hills. Forest Pathology 33:241-252.

Kearns, H.S. J. and W. R. Jacobi. 2005. Impacts of black stain root disease in recently formed mortality centers in the piñon  juniper woodlands of Southwestern Colorado Can. J. For. Res. 35: 461-471.

Kearns, H.S. J., W. R. Jacobi, and D. W. Johnson. 2005. Persistence of pinyon snags and logs in Southwestern Colorado. Western Journal of Applied Forestry.20: 247-252.

Kersten, P. J. , Kopper, B. J. , Raffa, K. F. & B. L. & Illman. High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Abietanes: Application to Diterpene Resin Acid Analysis in Conifers. Subm. to J. Chromatography.

Kopper BJ. Illman BL. Kersten PJ. Klepzig KD. & KF Raffa. 2005 Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle-fungal interaction: Tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips. Environ. Entomol. 34:486-493.

Koski, R. and Jacobi, W. R. 2004. Tree pathogen survival in chipped wood mulch. J. Arboriculture 30:165-171.

Luchi, N., Ma, R., Capretti, P., Bonello, P., 2005. Systemic induction of traumatic resin ducts and resin flow in Austrian pine by wounding and inoculation with Sphaeropsis sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata. Planta 221, 75-84.

McPherson B. A., Mori S.R., Wood D.L., Storer A.J., Svihra P., Kelly N.M., Standiford R.B. 2005i. Sudden oak death in California: Disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. For. Ecol. & Manag. 213: 71-89.

Økland, B., A. Liebhold, O. Bjørnstad, N. Erbilgin, & P. Krokene. 2005. Are bark beetle outbreaks less synchronous than forest Lepidoptera outbreaks? In Press. Oecologia.

Omdal, D. W. Shaw, C. G. III, and Jacobi, W. R. 2004. Symptom expression in conifers infected with Armillaria ostoyae and Heterobasidion annosum. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 1210-1219.

Owen DR, Wood DL, Parmeter JR. 2005. Association between Dendroctonus valens and black stain root disease on ponderosa pine in the Sierra Nevada of California. Can. Ent. 137: 367-375.

Raffa KF , Aukema BH, Erbilgin N, Klepzig KD, & Wallin, KF. 2005. Interactions among Conifer Terpenoids and Bark Beetles across Multiple Levels of Scale: An attempt to understand links between population patterns and physiological processes. Rec. Adv. Phyochem. 39: 80-118.

Storer AJ, Wood DL, Gordon TR. 2004. Twig beetles, Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), as vectors of the pitch canker pathogen in California. Can Ent. 136: 685-693.

Walla, J. A., Jacobi, W. R. and R. A. Schmidt. 2003. Forest Pathology for the last century: An overview of the symposium. Phytopathology 93: 1037-1038.

Worrall, J. J., T. D. Lee, and T. C. Harrington. 2005. Forest dynamics and agents that initiate and expand canopy gaps in Picea-Abies forests of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USA. J. Ecology 93:178-190.

Wulder, M., J. White, B. Bentz, T. Ebata, In Press; Augmenting the existing survey hierarchy for mountain pine beetle red-attack damage with satellite remotely sensed data. Forestry Chronicle.

04/14/2007

Publications
Aukema, B.H, Carroll, A.L., Zheng Y., Zhu, J., Raffa, K.F., Moore, R.D., Stahl, K., & S.W. Taylor. Effects of temperature, reproduction, and dispersal on erupting mountain pine beetle populations: Inference on underlying processes from landscape-scale analyses. Subm. to Ecography.

Bentz, B.J. 2006. Mountain pine beetle population sampling: Inferences from Lindgren pheromone traps and tree emergence cages. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(2):351-360.

Bentz, B.J. and D.L. Six. 2006. Ergosterol content of three fungal species associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae and D. rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(2):189-194.

Bonello, P., T.R. Gordon, D.L. Wood, D.A. Herms & N. Erbilgin. Nature and ecological implications of pathogen-induced systemic resistance in conifers: A novel hypothesis. Physiol & Mol Plant Path. In Press.

Boone, C. K., D.L. Six, Y. Zheng,& K.F. Raffa. Exploitation of microbial symbionts of bark beetles by parasitoids and dipteran predators. Subm. to Ecol. Entomol.

Brunelle, A., G. Rehfeldt, B. Bentz and S. Munson. Submitted. Holocene records of Dendroctonus bark beetles in subalpine pine forests of Idaho and Montana. Forest Ecology and Management.

Cardoza, Y. J., K. D. Klepzig & K. F. Raffa. 2006. Bacteria in oral secretions of an endophytic insect inhibit antagonistic fungi. Ecol. Entomol. In Press.

Cardoza, Y. J., S. Paskewitz & K. F. Raffa. 2006. Traveling through time and space on wings of beetles: A tripartite insect-fungi-nematode association. Symbiosis. 41: 71-79.

Cook, S., S. Cherry, K. Humes, J. Guldin & C. Williams. Accepted with revision. Development of a satellite-based hazard rating system for Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. J. Econ. Entomol.

Delalibera I., Jr., Vasanthakumar, A., Burwitz, BJ, Schloss, PD, Klepzig, KD, Handelsman J & K.F. Raffa, Composition of the bacterial community in the gut of the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Subm. to Eviron. Entomol.

Delalibera, I. Jr., A. Vasanthakumar, B.J. Burwitz, P.D. Schloss, K.D. Klepzig, J. Handelsman and K.F. Raffa. 2006. Gut bacterial composition of the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini (Say) Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Envir. Entomol.: Submitted.

Erbilgin N, Storer AJ, Wood DL, Gordon TR. 2005. Colonization of cut branches of five coniferous hosts of the pitch canker fungus by Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in central, coastal California. Can Ent. 137: 337-349.

Erbilgin, N., E. Christiansen, P. Krokene, G. Zeneli & J. Gershenzon. 2006. Exogenous application of methyl jasmonate elicits defenses in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and reduces host colonization by the bark beetle Ips typographus. Oecologia. 148: 426-436.

Erbilgin, N., N. Gillette, D. Owen, L. Merrill, R. Campos, T.M. Montiel, J. Sun, J. Stein, K. F. Raffa & D.L. Wood. Attraction of Dendroctonus valens to a common host volatile across a broad range of its native North American and in its introduced Asian regions. J Chem Ecol. In Press.

Erbilgin, N.E. Gillette, J.D. Stein, J.H. Sun, D.R. Owen, R. Campos, L.D. Merrill, K.F. Raffa, S. Mori And D.L. Wood. Attraction of Dendroctonus valens to a common host volatile across a broad range of its native North American and in its introduced Asian regions. J. Chem. Ecol. In press.

Hansen, E.M., B.J. Bentz, A.S. Munson, J.C. Vandygriff, and D.L. Turner. 2006. Evaluation of funnel traps for estimating tree mortality and associated population phase of spruce beetle in Utah. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:2574-2584.

Hofstetter, R.W., J.B. Mahfouz, K.D. Klepzig & M.P. Ayres. 2005. Effects of tree phytochemistry on the interactions among endophloedic fungi associated with the southern pine beetle. J. Chem. Ecol. 31:551-572.

Hofstetter, R.W., J.T. Cronin, K.D. Klepzig, J.C. Moser & M.P. Ayres. 2006. Antagonisms, mutualisms, and commensalisms affect outbreak dynamics of the southern pine beetle. Oecologia 145:000-000.

Hofstetter, R.W., K.D. Klepzig, J.C. Moser, and M.P. Ayres. 2006. Seasonal dynamics of mites and fungi and their effects on the southern pine beetle. Env. Entomol. 35:22-30.

Hofstetter, R.W., T.D. Dempsey, K.D. Klepzig, and M.P. Ayres. 2006. Temperature-dependence of symbiotic ractions among fungi, mites and the southern pine beetle. Appl. Env. Microbiol.: Submitted.

Hood, S. and B.J. Bentz. Accepted. Predicting post-fire Douglas-fir beetle attacks and tree mortality in the northern Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Jacobi, W. R., Koski, R. D., Harrington, T.C. and Witcosky, J. J. 2007. Association of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi with Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov (Scolytidae) in Colorado. Plant Disease. In press

Kersten, P. J. , Kopper, B. J. , Raffa, K. F. & B. L. & Illman. High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Abietanes: Application to Diterpene Resin Acid Analysis in Conifers. J. Chem. Ecol. In press.

Klepzig, K.D. 2006. Melanin and the southern pine beetle-fungus symbiosis. Symbiosis 40: 137-140

Maroja, L. S., S. M. Bogdanowicz, K. F. Wallin, K. F. Raffa & R. G. Harrison. Phylogeography of spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby) (Curculionidae:Scolytinae) in North America: distinctive mtDNA lineages associated with different species of host trees. Subm. to Molecular Ecol.

McPherson BA, Mori SR, Wood DL, Storer AJ, Svihra P, Kelly NM, Standiford RB. 2005. Sudden oak death in California: Disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. For Ecol & Manag. 213: 71-89.

Mock, K.E., B. J. Bentz, E. M. ONeill, J. P. Chong, Wilcox, and M. E. Pfrender. In Press. Landscape-scale genetic variation in a forest outbreak species, the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Molecular Ecology.

Økland, B., A. Liebhold, O. Bjørnstad, N. Erbilgin, & P. Krokene. 2005. Are bark beetle outbreaks less synchronous than forest Lepidoptera outbreaks? Oecologia. 146: 365-372

Owen DR, Wood DL, Parmeter JR. 2005. Association between Dendroctonus valens and black stain root disease on ponderosa pine in the Sierra Nevada of California. Can. Ent. 137: 367-375.

Rasmussen, J. G.., J. Moller, B. H. Aukema, K.F. Raffa, & J. Zhu. Bayesian inference for multivariate point processes observed at sparsely distributed times. Subm. to Royal Statistical Society series B.

Re
gniere, J. and B.J. Bentz. Submitted. Modeling cold tolerance in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Journal of Insect Physiology.
Salle, A, & K.F. Raffa. Interactions among intraspecific competition, emergence patterns, and host selection behaviour in Ips pini (Col. Scolytinae). Ecol. Entomol. In Press.

Sandoval, S.J., S.P. Cook, F. Merickel & H. Osborne. In press. Diversity of the beetle (Coleoptera) community captured at artificially created snags of Douglas-fir and grand fir within harvested stands. Pan Pacif. Entomol.

Schloss, P. D., I. Delalibera Jr, J. Handelsman, and K. F. Raffa. 2006. Bacteria associated with the guts of two wood-boring beetles: Anoplophora glabripennis and Saperda vestita (Cerambycidae). Environ. Entomol. 35: 625-629.

Shirley, B.M. & S.P. Cook. In press. Repellency of Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by the host monoterpene myrcene. West. J. Appl. For.

Six, D.L. and B.J. Bentz. Accepted. Temperature determines symbiont abundance in a multipartite bark beetle-fungus ectosymbiosis. Microbial Ecology.

Vasanthakumar, A, I. Delalibera Jr., J. Handelsman, K. D Klepzig P. Schloss & K. F Raffa. 2006. Characterization of gut-associated microorganisms in larvae and adults of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman. Environ. Entomol. In press.

Wager, D.J., and Baker, F.A. 2006. Ozone concentrations in Utah's Central Wasatch Mountains. J.Air and Waste Mgmt. 56:1381-1390.

Wulder, M., J. White, B. Bentz, F. Alvarez, and N. Coops. 2006. Estimating the probability of mountain pine beetle red-attack damage. Remote Sensing of Environment 101:150-166.

Wulder, M., J. White, B. Bentz, T. Ebata. 2006. Augmenting the existing survey hierarchy for mountain pine beetle red-attack damage with satellite remotely sensed data. The Forestry Chronicle 82(2):187-202.

Zhu, J., J. G. Rasmussen, J. Moller, B. H.Aukema & K.F. Raffa. Spatial-temporal modeling of forest gaps generated by colonization from below- and above- ground bark beetle species. Subm. to J. American Statistical Association A&CS.

Presentations:
Aukema, B. A. Carroll, J. Zhu, K. F. Raffa, T. Sickley & S. Taylor Entomological Society of America National Meetings. 2006. Landscape ecology of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) in British Columbia, Canada: Are land tenure and outbreak epidemiology linked?? Indianapolis, IN.

Barto EA, Herms DA, Bonello P, Cipollini DF (2006) Defense protein responses of white and green ash to wounding and emerald ash borer homogenates. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN

Beam, R.D.Jennifer G. Klutsch, William R. Jacobi, & José F. Negrón. Stand and Fuel Characteristics of Mountain Pine Beetle and Southwestern Dwarf Mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range Ponderosa Pine. Oral Presentation at the Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, Graduate Student Panel- Oct 2006-Smithers, B.C. Canada

Beam, R.D. Jennifer G. Klutsch, William R. Jacobi, & José F. Negrón. Stand and Fuel Characteristics of Mountain Pine Beetle and Dwarf Mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range Ponderosa Pine. Poster Presentation at the North American Forest Insect Work Conference- May 2006-Ashvelle, NC.

Bentz, B.J. and G. Schen-Langenheim. 2006. Critical impacts in high elevation five-needle pine ecosystems, the mountain pine beetle. Whitebark Pine: A Pacific Coast Perspective, Ashland, OR, August.

Bentz, B.J., M. Pfrender, R. Bracewell and K. Mock. 2006. Genetic architecture of fitness trait differences among geographically separated populations of Dendroctonus ponderosae. 3rd Workshop on Genetics of Bark Beetles and Associated Microorganisms. Asheville, NC. May.

Cardoza Y. J., S. Paskewitz, & K. F. Raffa New perspectives on the southern pine beetle-microbial symbiosisEntomological Society of America National Meetings. 2006. Travelling through time and space on wings of beetles: A tripartite insect-fungi-nematode association. Indianapolis, IN..

Cipollini DF, Barto EA, Eyles A, Bonello P, Herms DA (2006) Constitutive and wound-inducible defense proteins in phloem of ash trees. Emerald Ash Borer Research and Technology Development Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cook, S.P & B.M. Shirley. 2006. Relationship between forest nutrition and insects. Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative Annual Meeting. Moscow, ID.

Cook, S.P. 2006. Impact of forest management practices on selected insect populations. Clearwater Resource Conservation and Development Council, Annual Private Landowner Conference. Moscow, ID.

Cook, S.P. 2006. Relationship between forest management nutrition and insects. Inland Empire Forest Engineering Conference. Moscow, ID.

Cook. S.P. 2006. Host nutrition and bark beetles: fertilization impacts on tree resistance and suitability. Western Forest Genetics Association Annual Meeting. Anchorage, AK.

Erbilgin N. Investigations of insect-pathogen-tree interactions in new and old world forests.. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York. 2006

Erbilgin, N. G. Zeneli, E. Christiansen, J. Gershenzon, P. Krokene Methyl jasmonate-mediated induced plant resistance affects host selection processes of Ips typographus on Norway spruce, Picea abies.. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada. 2005.

Erbilgin, N. D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer. Phoresy rates and spore loads of an exotic pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, on native bark beetles induce resistance to F. circinatum in natural Monterey pine forests.. California Forest Pest Council Meeting. Woodland, California. 2006

Erbilgin, N. D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer.Phoresy rates and spore loads of an exotic pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, on native bark beetle taxa in natural Monterey pine forests-implications for evolving tree resistance. Exotic/Invasive Pests and Disease Research Workshop. Davis, California. 2005.

Erbilgin, N. G. Zeneli, E. Christiansen, J. Gershenzon, P. Krokene Exogenous application of methyl jasmonate elicits defenses in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and reduces host colonization by the bark beetle Ips typographus.. 2006. North American Forest Insect Work Conference. Asheville, North Carolina. 2006.

Erbilgin, N. How to use the knowledge gained in plant-insect-pathogen interactions against the most serious insect pests of North American forests.. Departmental Seminar. Division of Plant and Soil Sciences. West Virginia University. Morgantown, West Virginia. 2006

Erbilgin, N. N. E. Gillette, D. R. Owen, J. N. Webster, D. L. Wood, J. D. Stein Verbenone-releasing flakes protect whitebark pine from attack by mountain pine beetle. Greater Yellowstone Coordination Committee.. Jacksonhole, Wyoming. 2006.

Erbilgin, N. N. E. Gillette, J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, R. Campos, L. D. Merrill, K. F. Raffa, S. Mori, D. L. Wood.Geographic variation in semiochemical attraction, fungal associates and genetic diversity of Dendroctonus valens in
North America and China: Implications to forest heath. North Central Forest Pest Workshop, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 2005.

Erbilgin, N. Tree-partite interactions among insects-pathogen-tree in new and old world forests.. Departmental Seminar. Department of Forestry. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. 2006.

Erbilgin, N., A. J. Storer, G. R. Owens, S. Kirkpatrick, K. Bischel, D. L. Wood, T. R Gordon. Studies of phoresy of Fusarium circinatum on potential beetle vectors.. Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America. Monterey, California. 2005.

Erbilgin, N., D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer. How symbioses between an invasive exotic pathogen and native bark beetles may influence the success of all involved?. North American Forest Insect Work Conference. Asheville, North Carolina. 2006.

Erbilgin, N., D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer. Interactions between an exotic pathogen and native beetles induce resistance in native Monterey pines Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America. Maui, Hawai'i. 2006

Erbilgin, N., D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer. Phoresy rates and spore loads of an exotic pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, on native phloeophagous and xyloephagous beetle taxa in natural Monterey pine forests-implications for evolving tree resistance. Annual Conifer Defenses Symposium. Jena, Germany. 2005.

Erbilgin, N., D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, A. J. Storer.Phoresy rates and spore loads of an exotic pathogen, Fusarium circinatum¸ on native phloeophagous and xyloephagous beetle taxa in natural Monterey pine forests: Implications for evolving plant resistance. International Union of Forest Research Organizations on Bark Beetles. Prince George, BC, Canada. 2005.

Erbilgin, N., D.L. Wood .Interactions between vectoring efficacy of insects and resistance of host trees to an exotic pathogen: A quantitative approach for determining host resistance.. Multistate Research Committee (W-1187): Interactions among Bark Beetles Pathogens, and Conifers in North American Forests. Columbus, Ohio. 2005.

Erbilgin, N., N. E. Gillette, J. D. Stein, D. R. Owen, R. Campos, L. D. Merrill, K. F. Raffa, S. Mori, D. L. Wood.Geographic variation in response of Dendroctonus valens to host volatiles of Pinus spp.: A holarctic perspective. International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2005.

Erbilgin, N.Managing forest resources by integrating knowledge learned from studies of insect-pathogen-tree interactions in new and old world forests.. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 2006

Erbilgin. N. Understanding the complexity of interactions among plant, insect, pathogen may help us to manage forest resources. Departmental Seminar. Department of Entomology. Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana. 2005.

Eyles A, Wallis CM, Chorbadjian R, Herms DA, Cipollini DF, Bonello P (2006) Host-mediated cross induction of systemic induced resistance between a pathogen and an insect in Austrian Pine. Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Gillette, N. E. J. D. Stein, N. Erbilgin, D. R. Owen, D. L. Wood Control of western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis, populations using aeriallyapplied verbenone flakes.. International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2005.

Gillette, N. E. N. Erbilgin, D. R. Owen, J. N. Webster, D. L. Wood, J. D. Stein.Verbenone flakes protect ponderosa pines from attack by Dendroctonus brevicomis. Western Forest Insect Work Conference. Victoria, BC, Canada. 2005.

Gillette, N. S. Mori, D.R. Owen, J.D. Stein, N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood, J.N. Webster, C. Mehmel. New pheromone release systems: Aerial and ground applications for bark beetle control. Forest Vegetation Management Conference. Redding, California. 2006.

Klepzig, K. ,C. Yuceer, Young-Min Kang, O. Pechanova, Y. Cardoza, A. Vasanthakumar & K. Raffa Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma: Expanding Frontiers. Brisbane Australia. Aug. 2006.

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2006. Effects of dwarf mistletoe on fuel complexes in ponderosa pine on the Colorado Front Range. Poster Presentation, 12th Annual Front Range Student Ecology Symposium; 2006 March 8, Fort Collins, CO. Colorado State University.

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. NegrÌn. 2005. Stand characteristics and fuel loads of dwarf mistletoe and mountain pine beetle in Colorados Northern Front Range ponderosa pine (poster). In Guyon, J.C. comp. 2006 Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 2005 September 26-30, Jackson, WY. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Odgen UT.

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. NegrÌn. 2006. A preliminary evaluation of fuel levels in southwestern dwarf mistletoe and mountain pine beetle infested ponderosa pine (oral presentation). 2007 Proceedings of the 54th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference (in press); 2006 October 2-6, Smithers, BC, Canada.

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. NegrÌn. 2006. Stand characteristics and fuel loads in ponderosa pine infested with southwestern dwarf mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range (poster). APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting; 2006 July 29  August 2, Quebéc City, QC, Canada. Abstracts of Presentations, Phytopathology 96:S62.

Krokene, P. N. Erbilgin, E. Christiansen. Methyl jasmonate interferes with host colonization and reproduction in the spruce bark beetle. Annual Conifer Defenses Symposium. Jena, Germany. 2005.

Krokene, P. N. Erbilgin, E. Christiansen Induced defences in conifers against bark beetles and fungi.. The 8th European Congress of Entomology. Izmir, Turkey. 2006.

McPherson, B. A. N. Erbilgin, D. L. Wood, P. Svihra, A. J. Storer New relationships among the sudden oak death pathogen, native bark and ambrosia beetles, and decay fungi colonizing oaks.. Annual Exotic/Invasive Pests and Disease Research Workshop in California. Riverside, California. 2006

McPherson, B. A. ,N. Erbilgin, D. L. Wood, P. Svihra, A. J. Storer The attraction of saprotrophic ambrosia and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) infected by Phytophthora ramorum.. Entomological Society of America. Indianapolis, Indiana. 2006.

McPherson, B. A. N. Erbilgin, R. B. Standiford, D. L. Wood, P. Svihra, A. J. Storer. Sudden Oak Death Symposium The response of saprotrophic beetles to coast live oaks infected with Phytophthora ramorum.. Monterey, California. 2005.

McPherson, B. A. N. Erbilgin, R. B. Standiford, D. L. Wood, P. Svihra, A. J. Storer. The response of saprotrophic beetles to coast live oaks infected with Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Symposium. Monterey, California. 2005.

McPherson, B. A., N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood The role of ambrosia and bark beetles in sudden oak death.. California Forest Pest Council Meeting. Woodland, California. 2006.

McPherson, B. A.,N. Erbilgin, D. L. Wood, P. Svihra, A. J. Storer, F. Ockels, P. Bonello. The influence of the introduced pathogen Phytophthora ramorum on saprotrophic beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) host selection behavior. International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2005.

McPherson, B.A. N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood .Interactions between oak-infesting bark beetles and sudden oak death pathogen.. Multistate Research Committee (W-1187): Interactions among Bark Beetles Pathogens, and Conifers in North American Forests. Columbus, Ohio. 2005

McPherson, B.A., D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer, P. Svihra, N. Erbilgin Responses of scolytid beetles to coast live oaks infected with Phytophthora ramorum, cause of sudden oak death.Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America. Monterey, California. 2005.

Okland, B., N. Bjørnstad, O. Skarpaas, N. Christian Stenseth, N. Erbilgin Spatiotemporal dynamics of introduced bark beetles: Implications to resource competition, invasion risk and management.. International Union of Forest Research Organizations: Alien Invasive Species and International Trade. Radom, Poland. 2006.

Owen, D. R., N. Gillette, N. Erbilgin, N. Webster, J. D. Stein, S. Mori, M. Hansen, G. Fiddler, J. N. Webster, L. Pederson, D.L. Wood.Efficacy of verbenone flakes for area-wide and individual tree protection from attack by mountain pine beetles. California Forest Pest Council Meeting. Woodland, California. 2006

Powell, J. and B. Bentz. 2006. Connecting phenology predictions with population growth rates for an outbreak insect. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Asheville, NC, May.

Raffa, K. F. & J. Handelsman. Symbiosis Symposium, June, 2006., Symbioses in conifer bark beetle systems. Madison WI..

Raffa, K. F. , K. L. Maroja, S. Bogdanowicz, K. Wallin, & R. Harrison Third Bark Beetles Genetics Work Conference, May, 2006. Phylogeography of Dendroctonus rufipennis based on mtDNA and microsatellites. . Asheville, NC.

Rebek E, Herms DA, Smitley D, Bonello P, Cipollini DF (2006) Interspecific variation in ash resistance to emerald ash borer. Entomological Society of America, North Central Branch annual meeting, University of Illinois, Bloomington, IL

Shirley, B.M., P.J. Zambino & S.P. Cook. 2006. Longevity of Ophiostoma sp. spores on three Scolytid species found in Pinus contorta (Laws) and Pinus ponderosa. Entomol. Soc. Amer. Natl. Meeting. Indianapolis, IN (presented by B. Shirley).

Vasanthakumar, A , J. Handelsman, & K.F. Raffa. North American Forest Insect Work Conference, 2006. Gut microflora of a wood-boring invasive insect, the emerald ash borer. Asheville, NC...

Vasanthakumar, A., Y. Cardoza, I. Delalibera, P. Schloss, C. Currie, J. Handelsman, K. Klepzig, & K. F. Raffa Third Bark Beetles Genetics Work Conference, May, 2006. Gut bacteria of bark beetles and wood borers.. Asheville, NC.

Wallis CM, Eyles A, Bonello P (2006) Searching for signaling molecules involved in the systemic induced resistance phenomenon in Austrian pine. 2006 PMBB Symposium, Wooster, Ohio, p 34

Wallis CM, Eyles A, Chorbadjian R, Hansen R, Cipollini DF, Herms DA, Bonello P (2006) Relationships of phloem chemistry with systemic resistance to Sphaeropsis sapinea in Austrian pine subjected to different fertility levels and insect defoliation. Southwide & Northeast Forest Disease Workshops

Wang D, Eyles A, Bonello P (2006) Systemic aspects of host-pathogen interactions in austrian pine (Pinus nigra): a proteomics approach. 2006 PMBB Symposium, Wooster, Ohio

Wilson, G.M., K. Humes, S. Cook, C. Randall, D. Long & K. Allen. 2006. Detection and mapping of mountain pine beetle infestations. 11th Biennial Remote Sens. Conf. Salt Lake City, UT (presented by G. Wilson).

Wood, D. L. R. Silverstein, N. Gillette, N. Erbilgin Pheromones, kairomones and allomones in Scolytidae: From discovery to application (Program Symposium). Entomological Society of America. Indianapolis, Indiana. 2006

Zeneli, G., E. Christiansen, N. Erbilgin, J. Gershenzon, P. Krokene Multiple attacks against multiple defences: Bark beetles and blue-stain fungi vs. terpenoids and phenolics in Norway spruce.. 2006. Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2006 Ökosystem Wald  Rohstoff Holz  Prinzip Nachhaltigkeit (Forest ecosystems-Wood raw materials-Sustainability Principles). Dresden, Germany. 2006.

Zeneli, G., J. Gershenzon, N. Erbilgin, E. Christiansen, P. Krokene.Enemies at the gate: Terpenoids and defense against spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus). G Association for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Southeast European Countries Conference. Bacu, România. 2006.

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Baker, F. A. and McManus, W.J. 2007. Evidence of fungi in spruce roots from which fungi could not be cultured. Proc., 12th IUFRO Root and Butt Rot Conference (in press).

Blodgett, J. T., A. Eyles, and P. Bonello. 2007. Organ-dependent induction of systemic resistance and systemic susceptibility in Pinus nigra inoculated with Sphaeropsis sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata. Tree Physiology 27:511-517.

Bonello, P., T. R. Gordon, D. A. Herms, D. L. Wood, and N. Erbilgin. 2006. Nature and ecological implications of pathogen-induced systemic resistance in conifers: A novel hypothesis. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 68: 95-104.

Coleman, T.W., Meeker, J.R., Clarke, S. and Rieske, L.K. 2008. Forest composition following overstory mortality from southern pine beetle and associated treatments. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (In press).

Coleman, T.W., Meeker, J.R., Clarke, S. and Rieske, L.K. 2008. Widespread forest disturbance from southern pine beetle suppression and subsequent wildfire impacts forest stand dynamics. Applied Vegetation Science (In press).

Coleman, T.W., Martin, A., Meeker, J.R., Clarke, S. and Rieske, L.K. 2008. Sixteen years of vegetation succession in loblolly pine forests following catastrophic stand replacement. Natural Areas Journal (Submitted).

Erbilgin, N., S. Mori, J.H. Sun, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, L.D. Merrill, R. Campos Bolanos, K.F. Raffa, J. Mendez Montiel, D.L. Wood, and N.E, Gillette. 2007. Response to host volatiles by native and introduced populations of Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in North America and China. J. Chem. Ecol. 33(1): 131-146

Erbilgin, N., N.E. Gillette, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, and D.L.Wood. 2007. Acetophenone as an anti-attractant for the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis, Le Conte (Coleoptera:Curculionidae). J Chem Ecol. 33: 817-823.

Eyles, A., R. Chorbadjian, C.M. Wallis, R.C. Hansen, D.F. Cipollini, D.A. Herms, and P. Bonello. 2007. Cross-induction of systemic induced resistance between an insect and a fungal pathogen in Austrian pine over a fertility gradient. Oecologia 153: 365-374.

Eyles, A., K. Riedl, W. Jones, S. Schwartz, K. Chan, D.A. Herms, D.F. Cipollini, and P. Bonello. 2007. Comparative phloem chemistry of Manchurian (Fraxinus mandshurica) and two North American ash species (F. americana and F. pennsylvanica). Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 1430-1448.

Fraedrich, S.W., Harrington, T.C., Rabaglia, R.J., Ulyshen, M.D., Mayfield, A.E., Hanula, J.L., Eickwort, J.M., and Miller, D.R. 2008. A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the southeastern United States. Plant Dis. 92:215-224.

Fraedrich, S. W., Harrington, T. C., and Rabaglia, R. J. 2007. Laurel wilt: A new and devastating disease of redbay caused by a fungal symbiont of the exotic redbay ambrosia beetle. Mich. Entomol. Soc. Newsletter 52: 15-16.

Jacobi, W. R., Koski, R. D., Harrington, T. C., and Witcosky, J. J. 2007. Association of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi with Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov (Scolytidae) in Colorado. Plant Dis. 91:245-247.

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2007. Fuel and stand characteristics in ponderosa pine infested with mountain pine beetle, Ips beetle, and southwestern dwarf mistletoe in Colorados northern Front Range. In: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 10/15/2007, Sedona, AZ. [Abstract].

Klutsch, J.G., B.A. Goodrich, W.R. Jacobi. 2007. Assessment of Whitebark Pine Regeneration in Burned Areas of the Shoshone and Bridger-Teton National Forests and Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. In: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 10/15/2007, Sedona, AZ. [Abstract].

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2007. Fuel loads associated with ponderosa pine stands infested with southwestern dwarf mistletoe and mountain pine beetle in the northern Front Range of Colorado (oral presentation). In Robert, J., Mathews, K., Johnson, T. comp. In: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference: 03/05/2007, Boise, ID. [Abstract].

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2006. A preliminary evaluation of fuel levels in southwestern dwarf mistletoe and mountain pine beetle infested ponderosa pine. In: Proceedings of the 54th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 10/02/2006, Smithers, BC, Canada. [Abstract].

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2006. Stand characteristics and fuel loads in ponderosa pine infested with southwestern dwarf mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range. APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting; 07/29/2006, Quebec City, QC, Canada. Abstracts of Presentations, Phytopathology 96:S62. [Abstract].

Klutsch, J.G., R.D. Beam, W.R. Jacobi, J.F. Negron. 2005. Stand characteristics and fuel loads of dwarf mistletoe and mountain pine beetle in Colorados Northern Front Range ponderosa pine. In: Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 09/25/2005, Jackson, WY. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Odgen UT.[Abstract].


Luchi, N., P. Capretti, and P. Bonello. 2007. Production of Diplodia scrobiculata and Diplodia pinea pycnidia on ground Austrian pine needle agar medium. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 46, 230-235.

O'Brian, M.J., K.L. O'Hara, N. Erbilgin, and D.L. Wood. 2007. Overstory and shrub effects on natural regeneration processes in native Pinus radiata stands. For. Ecol. and Management 240: 178-185

Ockels, F. S., A. Eyles, B. A. McPherson, D. L. Wood, and P. Bonello. 2007. Phenolic chemistry of coast live oak response to Phytophthora ramorum. J. Chem. Ecol. 33: 1721-1732.

Ockels, F.S., M.V. DiLeo, and P. Bonello. 2007. Desiccation at ambient temperature effectively preserves plant tissues infected with Phytophthoras. Plant Health Progress.
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Ocasio, R. , Tsopelas, P., and Harrington, T.C. 2007. Origin of Ceratocystis platani on native Platanus orientalis in Greece and its impact on natural forests. Plant Dis. 91: 901-907.

Reeves, J.D., Strom, B.L., Rieske, L.K., Ayres, B.D., and Costa, A.M. 2008. Geographic variation in prey preference in bark beetle predators. Ecological Entomology (Under revision).

Russell D. Beam, Jennifer G. Klutsch, William R. Jacobi, & Jose F. Negron. 2007 Stand and Fuel Characteristics of Mountain Pine Beetle and Dwarf Mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range Ponderosa Pine. In: Proceedings of the North American Forest Insect Work Conference- 05/2005-Ashvelle, NC.

Russell D. Beam, Jennifer G. Klutsch, William R. Jacobi, & Jose F. Negron. 2006. Stand and Fuel Characteristics of Mountain Pine Beetle and Southwestern Dwarf Mistletoe in Colorados Northern Front Range Ponderosa Pine. In: Proceedings of the 54th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 10/02/2006, Smithers, BC, Canada. [Abstract].

Sakamoto, J.M., T.R. Gordon, A.J. Storer, and D.L. Wood. 2007. The role of Pityophthorus spp. as vectors of pitch canker affecting Monterey pine, Pinus radiata. Can. Entomol. 139: 864-871.

Wager, D.J., Baker, F.A. 2006. Ozone concentrations in Utah's Central Wasatch Mountains. J. Air and Waste Mgmt. 56:1381-1390.

Wallis, C.M., Eyles, A., Chorbadjian, R., McSpadden-Gardner, B.B., Hansen, R., Cipollini, D.F., Herms, D.A. and P. Bonello. 2008. Systemic induction of phloem secondary metabolism and its relationship to resistance to a canker pathogen in Austrian pine. New Phytologist (in press - doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02307.x).

Wang, D., A. Eyles, and P. Bonello. 2006. Systemic aspects of host-pathogen interactions in Austrian pine (Pinus nigra): a proteomics approach. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 68:149-157.

Whitehill, J., J. S. Lehman, and P. Bonello. 2007. Ips pini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is a vector of the fungal pathogen, Sphaeropsis sapinea (Coelomycetes), to Austrian pines, Pinus nigra (Pinaceae). Environmental Entomology 36:114-120.

12/15/2008

Erbilgin, N. Ritokova, G. , Gordon, T.R., Wood, D.L. and Storer , A.J. 2008. Temporal variation on contamination of pine engraver beetles with Fusarium circinatum in native Monterey pine forests in California. Plant Pathology, Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01887.

McPherson, B.A., Erbilgin, N. Wood, D.L. Svihra, P., Storer, A.J. and Standiford, R.B. 2008. Attraction of ambrosia and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) infected by Phytophthora ramorum. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 10: 315-321.

Kelly, M. Liu, D. McPherson, B. Wood, D., and Standiford, R. 2008. Spatial pattern dynamics of oak mortality and associated disease symptoms in a California hardwood forest affected by sudden oak death. Journal of Forest Research 13: 312-319.

Brice A. McPherson, Nadir Erbilgin, David L. Wood, Pavel Svihra, Andrew J. Storer, and Richard B. Standiford. 2008. Attraction of ambrosia and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to coast live oaks infected by Phytophthora ramorum. In: Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium, March 5-9, 2007, USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-214, pp 173-175.

Nadir Erbilgin, Brice A. McPherson, Pierluigi Bonello, David L. Wood, and Andrew Nelson. 2008. New relationships among the sudden oak death pathogen, bark and ambrosia beetles, and fungi colonizing coast live oaks. In: Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium, March 5-9, 2007, USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-214, pp 355-356.

Frances Ockels, Alieta Eyles, Brice A. McPherson, David L. Wood, and Pierluigi Bonello. 2008. Chemistry of coast live oak response to Phytophthora ramorum infection. In: Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Third Science Symposium, March 5- 9, 2007, USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-214, pp 157-161.

Barto, E.K., S. Enright, A. Eyles, C.M. Wallis, R. Chorbadjian, R. Hansen, D.A. Herms, P. Bonello and D.F. Cipollini. 2008. Effects of soil fertility on systemic protein defense responses of Austrian pine to attack by a fungal pathogen and an insect defoliator. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:1392-1400.

Bonello, P., N. Luchi, P. Capretti, and M. Michelozzi. 2008. Host-mediated effects of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. infection on severity of Diplodia pinea tip blight in Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea L.). Tree Physiology 28, 1653-1660.

Wallis, C.M., Eyles, A., Chorbadjian, R., McSpadden-Gardner, B.B., Hansen, R., Cipollini, D.F., Herms, D.A. and P. Bonello. 2008. Systemic induction of phloem secondary metabolism and its relationship to resistance to a canker pathogen in Austrian pine. New Phytologist 177, 767-778.

Baker, F.A., and Shaw, J.D. 2008 Survivor aspen: can we predict who will be voted off the island? In: McWilliams, M.G., comp.2008. Proceedings of the 55th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2007. October 15-19, Sedona, AZ.

N. Erbilgin, S. Mori, J.H. Sun, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, L.D. Merrill, K.F. Raffa, T. M. Montiel, D.L. Wood & N.E. Gillette. 2007. Response to host volatiles by native and introduced populations of Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in North America and China. J. Chem. Ecol. 33: 131-146.

Zhu, J., J. G. Rasmussen, J. Moller, B. H.Aukema & K.F. Raffa. 2008. Spatial-temporal modeling of forest gaps generated by colonization from below- and above- ground bark beetle species. J. American Statistical Association A&CS. 103: 162-177.

Salle, A, & K.F. Raffa. 2007. Interactions among intraspecific competition, emergence patterns, and host selection behaviour in Ips pini (Col. Scolytinae). Ecol. Entomol. 32: 162-171.

Rasmussen, J. G.., J. Moller, B. H. Aukema, K.F. Raffa, & J. Zhu. 2007. Bayesian inference for multivariate point processes observed at sparsely distributed times. Royal Statistical Society series B. 69: 701-713.

Raffa, K.F., Hobson, K.R., LaFontaine, S., & B. H. Aukema. 2007. Can chemical communication be cryptic? Adaptations by herbivores to natural enemies exploiting prey semiochemistry. Oecologia. 153: 1009-1019.

Boone, C. K., D.L. Six, Y. Zheng,& K.F. Raffa. 2008. Exploitation of microbial symbionts of bark beetles by parasitoids and dipteran predators. Environ. Entomol. 37: 150-161.

Aukema, B.H, Carroll, A.L., Zheng Y., Zhu, J., Raffa, K.F., Moore, R.D., Stahl, K., & S.W. Taylor. 2008. Movement of outbreak populations of mountain pine beetle: Influences of spatiotemporal patterns and climate. Ecography. 31: 348-358.

Delalibera I., Jr., Vasanthakumar, A., Burwitz, BJ, Schloss, PD, Klepzig, KD, Handelsman J & K.F. Raffa, 2007. Composition of the bacterial community in the gut of the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Symbiosis. 47: 93-104.

Boone, C. K, Six, D. L. & K. F. Raffa. 2008. The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy: Competitors add to predator load of primary bark beetles. Ag. For. Entomol. 10: 411-421.

Vasanthakumar, A, I. J. Handelsman, P. Schloss, L. Bauer & K. F Raffa. 2008. Gut microbiota of an invasive wood boring beetle, the emerald ash borer: community composition and structure across different life stages. Environ. Entomol. 37: 1344-1353.

Cardoza, Y. J., K. D. Klepzig, J. C. Moser & K. F. Raffa. Raffa. 2008. Multipartite symbioses among fungi, mites, nematodes and the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis. Environ. Entomol. 37:956-963.

Fraedrich, S. W., Harrington, T. C., and Rabaglia, R. J. 2007. Laurel wilt: A new and devastating disease of redbay caused by a fungal symbiont of the exotic redbay ambrosia beetle. Mich. Entomol. Soc. Newsletter 52: 15-16.

Jacobi, W. R., Koski, R. D., Harrington, T. C., and Witcosky, J. J. 2007. Association of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi with Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov (Scolytidae) in Colorado. Plant Dis. 91:245-247.

Ocasio, R. , Tsopelas, P., and Harrington, T.C. 2007. Origin of Ceratocystis platani on native Platanus orientalis in Greece and its impact on natural forests. Plant Dis. 91: 901-907.

Fraedrich, S.W., Harrington, T.C., Rabaglia, R.J., Ulyshen, M.D., Mayfield, A.E., Hanula, J.L., Eickwort, J.M., and Miller, D.R. 2008. A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the southeastern United States. Plant Dis. 92:215-224.

Harrington, T. C., S. W. Fraedrich, and D. Aghayeva. 2008. Raffaelea lauricola, a new ambrosia beetle symbiont and pathogen on the Lauraceae. Mycotaxon 104:399-404.