Our first news from the year of the pig! The interesting papers that we saw this week include an invasive snail species, parasitoid wasps in India, and the potential of Beauvaria bassiana in controlling subtropical insect pests. If you have interesting news that you want to share then send us a message!
Which came first: the disease or the pest? Is there a host mediated spread of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) by invasive palm pests?
N González-Mas, L Ortega-García, I Garrido-Jurado… – Journal of Invertebrate …, 2019
- ferrugineus is native to southeastern Asia and Melanesia and was first reported in Europe in 1993, in southern Spain …
The invasive apple snail (Pomacea spp.) in Indonesia.
RM Marwoto, NR Isnaningsih, RC Joshi – Agriculture for Development, 2018
The freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata (non-native apple snail) has been reported as a serious pest causing damage to crops, predominantly wetland rice in Asia, including Indonesia. This paper discusses studies on the …
Pteromalid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with bark beetles, with the description of a new species from Kashmir, India
AL Khanday, PM Sureshan, AA Buhroo, AP Ranjith… – Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2019
… Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are among the most
economically important pests of the world forests … Primary parasitoid of
a many species of many coleopteran families, Bostrychidae, Cerambycidae …
Aposymbiotic interactions of three ambrosia beetle fungi with avocado trees
S Freeman, G Miller, A Protasov, M Maymon, M Elazar… – Fungal Ecology, 2019
… 1. Introduction. Among the most successful ecological adaptations in bark and
ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) are their
symbiotic relationships with fungi (Jordal and Cognato, 2012) …
Thermotolerant isolates of Beauveria bassiana as potential control agent of insect pest in subtropical climates
S Alali, V Mereghetti, F Faoro, S Bocchi, F Al Azmeh… – PLOS ONE, 2019
… isolates of Beauveria bassiana as potential control agent of insect pest in subtropical climates
And finally, an interesting article on Durian production in Malaysia
https://www.thesundaily.my/local/china-s-hunger-for-durian-threatens-malaysian-forests-environmentalists-MH485691