Mango, banana, papaya, pineapple, and avocado are categorized as major tropical fruits
grown for local consumption, export, and sources of income to the growers. These fruit crops …

The ambrosia beetle–fungus farming symbiosis is more heterogeneous than previously
thought. There is not one but many ambrosia symbioses. Beetle-fungus specificity is clade …

The genus Neocosmospora (Fusarium solani species complex) contains saprobes, plant
endophytes and pathogens of major economic significance as well as opportunistic animal …

The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) is an invasive ambrosia beetle that forms a
symbiosis with a new, as-yet-undescribed Fusarium sp., together causing Fusarium dieback …

Diseases associated with ambrosia and bark beetles comprise some of the most significant
problems that have emerged on trees in the last century. They are caused by fungi in the …

Despite efforts to control toxigenic Fusarium species, wilt and head-blight infections are
destructive and economically damaging diseases that have global effects. The utilization of …

The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), an ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculeonidae:
Scolytinae) native to Asia, together with its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae, has …

The invasive Asian ambrosia beetle Euwallacea sp.(Coleoptera, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) and
a novel Fusarium sp. that it farms in its galleries as a source of nutrition causes serious …

Ambrosia beetle fungiculture represents one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily
successful symbioses, as evidenced by the 11 independent origins and 3500 species of …

The ambrosia beetle morphologically identified as Euwallacea fornicatus consists of several
cryptic species that exhibit large differences in the DNA sequences of several nuclear and …