Convergent evolution of semiochemicals across Kingdoms: bark beetles and their fungal symbionts

Fungal associates of the tree-killing bark beetle, Ips typographus , vary in virulence, ability to degrade conifer phenolics and influence bark beetle tunneling behavior

(2018) Tao Zhao et al.   Fungal Ecology

Diversity of Ophiostomatales species associated with conifer-infesting beetles in the Western Carpathians

(2017) Robert Jankowiak et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Taxonomy and pathogenicity of ophiostomatoid fungi associated with bark beetles infesting conifers in Japan, with special reference to those related to subalpine conifers

(2017) Yuichi Yamaoka   MYCOSCIENCE

Fungal volatiles – a survey from edible mushrooms to moulds

(2017) Jeroen S. Dickschat   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Practical one-pot stereospecific preparation of vicinal and 1,3-diols

(2017) Bjorn Bohman et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Pollination by sexual deception — it takes chemistry to work

(2016) Björn Bohman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Quantitative metabolome, proteome and transcriptome analysis of midgut and fat body tissues in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, and insights into pheromone biosynthesis

(2016) Christopher I. Keeling et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Fungal Associates of Conifer Bark Beetles and their Potential in Bark Beetle Control

(2016) Dineshkumar Kandasamy et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Fungal Symbionts of the Spruce Bark Beetle Synthesize the Beetle Aggregation Pheromone 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol

(2015) Tao Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Parasitoids and Dipteran Predators Exploit Volatiles from Microbial Symbionts to Locate Bark Beetles

(2015) C. K. Boone et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

exo-Brevicomin Biosynthesis in the Fat Body of the Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae

(2014) Minmin Song et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Plant-insect interactions under bacterial influence: ecological implications and underlying mechanisms

(2014) A. Sugio et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Non-Host Volatile Blend Optimization for Forest Protection against the European Spruce Bark Beetle, Ips typographus

(2014) C. Rikard Unelius et al.   PLoS One

A review of semiochemicals associated with bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) pests of coniferous trees: A focus on beetle interactions with other pests and their associates

(2013) C.W. Gitau et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Microbial Volatile Emissions as Insect Semiochemicals

(2013) Thomas Seth Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

A Common Fungal Associate of the Spruce Bark Beetle Metabolizes the Stilbene Defenses of Norway Spruce

(2013) A. Hammerbacher et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Yeast Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Comparison of Two Symbiont Groups in the Same Hosts

(2012) James Angus Chandler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Generation of the Volatile Spiroketals Conophthorin and Chalcogran by Fungal Spores on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Common to Almonds and Pistachios

(2012) John J. Beck et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Disruption oftrans-pityol-mediated attraction by racemictrans-conophthorin in twig beetlePityophthorus pubescens

(2012) S. López et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

A specialized ABC efflux transporter GcABC-G1 confers monoterpene resistance toGrosmannia clavigera, a bark beetle-associated fungal pathogen of pine trees

(2012) Ye Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Animal Behavior and the Microbiome

(2012) V. O. Ezenwa et al.   SCIENCE

Associations of Conifer-Infesting Bark Beetles and Fungi in Fennoscandia

(2012) Riikka Linnakoski et al.   Insects

The Scent of a Partner: Ambrosia Beetles Are Attracted to Volatiles from Their Fungal Symbionts

(2011) Jiri Hulcr et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Ophiostoma spp. associated with pine- and spruce-infesting bark beetles in Finland and Russia

(2011) R. Linnakoski et al.   PERSOONIA

Convergent evolution in biosynthesis of cyanogenic defence compounds in plants and insects

(2011) Niels Bjerg Jensen et al.   Nature Communications

The Role of Phytopathogenicity in Bark Beetle–Fungus Symbioses: A Challenge to the Classic Paradigm

(2010) Diana L. Six et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

The diversity of ant-associated black yeasts: insights into a newly discovered world of symbiotic interactions

(2010) Hermann Voglmayr et al.   Fungal Biology

Pheromone production in bark beetles

(2010) Gary J. Blomquist et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Stimulation of tree defenses by Ophiostomatoid fungi can explain attack success of bark beetles on conifers

(2009) François Lieutier et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Specificity and redundancy in the olfactory system of the bark beetle Ips typographus: Single-cell responses to ecologically relevant odors

(2009) Martin N. Andersson et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY