| Title: | Red turpentine beetle: innocuous native becomes invasive tree killer in China |
| Author(s): | Sun J; Lu M; Gillette NE; Wingfield MJ; |
| Address: | "State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. sunjh@ioz.ac.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153624 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1545-4487 (Electronic) 0066-4170 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is a secondary pest of pines in its native range in North and Central America. Outbreaks and tree mortality attributed to RTB alone are rare in its native range. RTB was introduced into China in the early 1980s and spread rapidly from Shanxi Province to four adjacent provinces; it has infested over 500,000 ha of pine forest and has caused extensive tree mortality since 1999. We provide a historical background on RTB outbreaks, explanations for its invasive success, management options, and economic impacts of RTB in China. Genetic variation in RTB fungal associates, interactions between RTB and its associated fungi, behavioral differences in Chinese RTB, and other factors favoring RTB outbreaks are considered in an effort to explain the invasiveness of RTB in China. The promise of semiochemicals as a management tool is also discussed" |
| Keywords: | Animals China Ecosystem Fungi/physiology Herbivory Insect Control/*methods *Introduced Species/economics Pinus Population Dynamics Weevils/*microbiology/*physiology; |
| Notes: | "MedlineSun, Jianghua Lu, Min Gillette, Nancy E Wingfield, Michael J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review 2012/09/22 Annu Rev Entomol. 2013; 58:293-311. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153624. Epub 2012 Sep 17" |
