Contrasting Patterns of Diterpene Acid Induction by Red Pine and White Spruce to Simulated Bark Beetle Attack, and Interspecific Differences in Sensitivity Among Fungal Associates

Plant-associated bacteria degrade defense chemicals and reduce their adverse effects on an insect defoliator

(2014) Charles J. Mason et al.   OECOLOGIA

Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle,Dendroctonus ponderosae(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

(2014) Erin L. Clark et al.   PeerJ

Sub-lethal effects of monoterpenes on reproduction by mountain pine beetles

(2013) Clayton G. Manning et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

The Gastrointestinal Tract of the White-Throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula) Harbors Distinct Consortia of Oxalate-Degrading Bacteria

(2013) Aaron W. Miller et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteria Associated with a Tree-Killing Insect Reduce Concentrations of Plant Defense Compounds

(2013) Celia K. Boone 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

Dendroecological reconstruction of 1980s mountain pine beetle outbreak in lodgepole pine forests in northwestern Colorado

(2012) Jeremy M. Smith et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Evolution of Conifer Diterpene Synthases: Diterpene Resin Acid Biosynthesis in Lodgepole Pine and Jack Pine Involves Monofunctional and Bifunctional Diterpene Synthases

(2012) D. E. Hall et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Nutritional and pathogenic fungi associated with the pine engraver beetle trigger comparable defenses in Scots pine

(2012) C. Villari et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Pine terpenoid defences in the mountain pine beetle epidemic and in other conifer pest interactions: specialized enemies are eating holes into a diverse, dynamic and durable defence system

(2012) J. Bohlmann   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Responses of Bark Beetle-Associated Bacteria to Host Monoterpenes and Their Relationship to Insect Life Histories

(2011) Aaron S. Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Reciprocal interactions between the bark beetle-associated yeast Ogataea pini and host plant phytochemistry

(2011) Thomas S. Davis et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Biosynthesis of the Major Tetrahydroxystilbenes in Spruce, Astringin and Isorhapontin, Proceeds via Resveratrol and Is Enhanced by Fungal Infection

(2011) A. Hammerbacher et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of Diterpene Metabolism: Sitka Spruce CYP720B4 Catalyzes Multiple Oxidations in Resin Acid Biosynthesis of Conifer Defense against Insects

(2011) B. Hamberger et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Induced Terpene Accumulation in Norway Spruce Inhibits Bark Beetle Colonization in a Dose-Dependent Manner

(2011) Tao Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Identity, regulation, and activity of inducible diterpenoid phytoalexins in maize

(2011) E. A. Schmelz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pheromone production in bark beetles

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

Antifungal Abietane-Type Diterpenes from the Cones of Taxodium distichum Rich

(2010) Norihisa Kusumoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Terpenoid Biosynthesis and Specialized Vascular Cells of Conifer Defense

(2010) Katherine G. Zulak et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Importance of resin ducts in reducing ponderosa pine mortality from bark beetle attack

(2010) Jeffrey M. Kane et al.   OECOLOGIA

The influence of Ceratocystis polonica inoculation and methyl jasmonate application on terpene chemistry of Norway spruce, Picea abies

(2010) Tao Zhao et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

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

Comparison of two methods to assess the virulence of the mountain pine beetle associate, Grosmannia clavigera, to Pinus contorta

(2008) Jae-Jin Kim et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH