Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii ...

Then there is the fungus, Beauveria bassiana. This fungus is neither the tree’s nor the beetle’s friend; as a pathogenic ...

A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

This is because the beetle can break down the plant-derived compounds (phenolic glucosides) via a water-mediated process ...

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

Here in Arizona, the monsoon rains will trigger another burst of fresh vegetation in summer, and with it many new species of Insects will emerge. The Iron Cross Beetle, Tegrodera aloga These flashy ...

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