Effect of associated fungi on the immunocompetence of red turpentine beetle larvae, Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Insect Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-584

  Shi, Zhang Hong ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Clarke, Stephen R ^b   Sun, Jiang Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Ecological immunology; Fungi; Phenoloxidase; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LEPTOGRAPHIUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM PROCERUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM TEREBRANTIS; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA MINUS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84866028421     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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