Publications
Extension Publications
Bateman, C. and J. Hulcr. 2020. A guide to Florida’s common bark and ambrosia beetles. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr389
Crane, J.H., D. Carrillo, E.A. Evans, R. Gazis, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen, and J. Wasielewski. 2020. Recommendations for control and mitigation of laurel wilt and ambrosia beetle vectors in commercial avocado groves in Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1360
Crane, J.H., D. Carrillo, E.A. Evans, R. Gazis, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen, and J. Wasielewski. 2020. Recomendaciones para el control y mitigación de la marchitez del laurel y sus vectores, los escarabajos ambrosia, en arboledas comerciales de Aguacate en Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1379
Crane, J.H., J. Wasielewski, D. Carrillo, R. Gazis, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen and E. Evans. 2020. Recommendations for the detection and mitigation of laurel wilt disease in avocado and related tree species in the home landscape. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1358
Crane, J.H., J. Wasielewski, D. Carrillo, R. Gazis, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen and E. Evans. 2020. Recomendaciones para la detección y mitigación de la marchitez del laurel en árboles de aguacates y especies relacionadas en jardines y patios hogareños. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1384
Crane, J., R. Gazis, J. Wasielewski, D. Carrillo, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen and E. Evans. 2020. Sampling guidelines and recommendations for submitting samples for diagnosing laurel wilt in avocado trees (Persea americana Mill). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1394
Crane, J.H. and J.A. Smith. 2010. Homeowner detection of and recommendations for mitigating redbay ambrosia beetle – laurel wilt disease on redbay and avocado trees in the home landscape. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/118504
Crane, Jonathan, Jorge Peña, and J. Osborne. 2008 (revised). Redbay ambrosia beetle-laurel wilt pathogen: a potential major problem for the Florida avocado industry”. EDIS 2008 (2). https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119075
De Oleo, B., E.A. Evans and J.H. Crane. 2017. Establishment cost of avocados in south Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe956
Evans, E.A. and J.H. Crane. 2019. Estimates of the replacement costs of commercial and backyard avocado trees in south Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe825
Evans, E.A. and J.H. Crane. 2019. Costos estimados de reemplazo de árboles de aguacate en plantaciones comerciales y patios en el sur de Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe838
Evans, E.A. and J.H. Crane. 2010. Costos estimados de reemplazo de árboles de aguacate en plantaciones comerciales y patios en el sur de Florida. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/118681
Edward, E.A. and J.H. Crane. 2009. Estimates of the replacement costs of commercial and backyard avocado trees in south Florida. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/118248
Mann, R., J. Hulcr, J. Peña and L. Stelinski. 2019. Redbay ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coeoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in886
Mayfield III, A.E., J.H. Crane, and J.A. Smith. 2008. Laurel wilt: a threat to redbay, avocado and related trees in urban and rural landscapes. EDIS 2008 (3). https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/117241
Sobel, L., A. Lucky, and J. Hulcr. 2018. An ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1094
Spence, D., J. Smith, A. Mayfield III, J. Hulcr, R. Ploetz, and L. Stelinski. 2011. Assessing the survival of the redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt pathogen in wood chips. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119451
Journal Articles
Abdulridha, J., R. Ehsani, A. Abd-Elrahman, and Y. Ampatzidis. 2019. A remote sensing technique for detecting laurel wilt disease in avocado presence of other biotic and abiotic stress. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 156:549-557.
Abdulridha, J., Y. Ampatzidis, R. Ehsani, and A. de Castro. 2018. Evaluating the performance of spectral features and multivariate analysis tools to detect laurel wilt disease and nutritional deficiency in avocado. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 155:203-2011.
Abdulridha, J., R. Ehsani, and A. de Castro. 2016. Detection and differentiation between laurel wilt disease, phytophthora disease and salinity damage using a hyperspectral sensing technique. Agriculture 6: doi:10.3390/agriculture6040056 (13 pages).
Abdulridha, J., R. Ehsani, A. de Castro, R. Ploetz, and J. Konkol. 2015. Differentiate laurel wilt disease and nutrient deficiency in avocado trees using Vis – NIR spectroscopy. Amer. Society Agric. and Biol. Engineers doi: 10.13031/aim.20152189572 (5 pages).
Atkinson, T.H., D. Carrillo, R.E. Duncan, J.E. Peña. 2013. Occurrence of Xyleborus bispinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Eichhoff in southern Florida. Zootaxa 3669: 96–100.
Atkinson, T.H. and S.B. Peck. 1994. Annotated checklist of the bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of tropical southern Florida. Fla. Entomol. 77:313–329.
Avery, P.B., V. Bojorque, C. Gámez, R.E. Duncan, D. Carrillo and R.D. Cave. 2018. Spore acquisition and survival of ambrosia beetles associated with the laurel wilt pathogen in avocados after exposure to entomopathogenic fungi. Insects 9(49): doi: 20.3390/insects9020049
Beckman, F.C. 2012. Laurel wilt: assessing the risk of pruning tool transmission of Raffaelea lauricola. Thesis, University of Florida, IFAS. 56 pages.
Blaz,J.Barrera-Redondo, M. Vázquez-Rosas-Landa, A. Canedo-Téxon, E. Aguirre, D. Carrillo, R. Stouthamer, A. Eskalen, E. Villafán E, A. Alonso-Sánchez, L. Lamelas, L.A. Ibarra-Juarez, C.A. Pérez-Torres, and E. Ibarra-Laclette E. 2019. Genomic Signals of Adaptation towards Mutualism and Sociality in Two Ambrosia Beetle Complexes. Life 9 (2): doi:10.3390/life9010002.
2012. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services identifies laurel wilt disease in avocado production area of Miami-Dade County.
Brar, G.S., J.L. Capinera, P.E. Kendra, J.A. Smith and J.E. Peña. 2015. Temperature-dependent development of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 98:856-864.
Brar, G.S., J.L. Capinera, P.E. Kendra, J.A. Smith and J.E. Peña. 2015. Temperature-dependent development of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 98:856-864.
Brar, G.S., J.L. Capinera, P.E. Kendra, S. McLean and J.E. Peña. 2013. Life cycle, development, and culture of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 96:1158-1167.
Brar, G.S., J.L. Capinera, P.E. Kendra, S. McLean and J.E. Peña. 2012. Effect of trap size, trap height and age of lure on sampling Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), and its flight periodicity and seasonality. Florida Entomologist 94:1003-1011.
Brar, G.S., J.L. Capinera, S. McLean, P.E. Kendra, R.C. Ploetz and J.E. Peña. 2012. Effect of trap size, trap height and age of lure on sampling Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), and its flight periodicity and seasonality. Florida Entomologist 94:1003-1011.
Campbell, A.S., R.C. Ploetz, and J.A. Rollins. 2017. Comparing avocado, swamp bay, and camphortree as hosts of Raffaelea lauricola using a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled strain of the pathogen. Phytopathology 107:70-74.
Carrillo, J.D., P.F. Rugman-Jones, D. Husein, J.E. Stajich, M.T. Kasson, D. Carrillo, R. Stouthamer, A. Eskalen. 2019. Members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex exhibit promiscuous mutualism with ambrosia fungi in Taiwan. Fungal Ecology (133) doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103269.
Carrillo, D., L.F. Cruz, P.E. Kendra, T.I. Narvaez, W.S. Montgomery, A. Monterroso, C. De Grave, and M.F. Cooperband. 2016. Distribution, pest status and fungal associates of Euwallacea nr. fornicates in Florida avocado groves. Insects doi:10.3390/insects7040055
Carrillo, D., C.A. Dunlap, P.B. Avery, J. Navarrete, R.E. Duncan, M.A. Jackson, R.W. Behle, R.D. Cave, J. Crane, A.P. Rooney, and J.E. Peña. 2015. Entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents for the vector of the laurel wilt disease, the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Control 81:44-50.
Carrillo, D., R.E. Duncan, J.N. Ploetz, A.F. Campbell, R.C. Ploetz, and J.E. Peña. 2014. Lateral transfer of a phytopathogenic symbiont among native and exotic ambrosia beetles. Plant Pathology 63:54-62.
Carrillo, D., J.H. Crane, and J.E. Peña. 2013. Potential of contact insecticides to control Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a vector of laurel wilt disease in avocados. J. Econ. Entomol. 106:2286-2295.
Carrillo, D., R.E. Duncan and J.E. Peña. 2012. Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) that breed in avocado wood in Florida. The Florida Entomologist 95:573-579.
Castrejón-Antonio, J.E., P. Tamwz-Guerra, R. Montesinos-Matías, M.J. Ek-Ramos, P.M. Garza-López, H.C. Arrendondo-Bernal. 2020. Selection of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) strains to control Xyleborus affinis (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) females. PeerJ 8:e9472 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9472
Castrejón-Antonio, J. E., R. Montesinos-Matías, N. Acevedo-Reyes, P. Tamez Guerra, M. Á. Ayala-Zermeño, A. M. Berlanga-Padilla, and H. C. Arredondo Bernal. 2017. especies de Xyleborus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) asociados a huertos de aguacate en Colima, México. Acta Zool. Mex. 33: 146-150.
Choudhury, R.A., H.L. Er, M. Hughes, J.A. Smith, G.E. Pruett, J. Konkol, R.C. Ploetz, J.J. Marois, K.A. Garrett, and A.H.C. van Bruggen. 2019. Host density dependence and environmental factors affecting laurel wilt invasion. https://doi.org/10.1101/642827 (14 pages).
Cooperband, M.F., R. Stouthamer, D. Carrillo, A. Eskalen, T. Thibault, A.A. Cossé, L.A. Castrillo, J.D. Vandenberg, and P.F. Rugman-Jones. 2016. Biology of two members of the Euwallacea fornicates species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Soclytinae), recently invasive in the U.S.A., reared on an ambrosia beetle artificial diet. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18:223-237.
Crane, J.H., D. Carrillo, E.A. Evans, R. Gazis, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen and J. Wasielewski. 2020. Current recommendations for control of laurel wilt and its ambrosia beetle vectors in Florida’s commercial avocado groves. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 133:(accepted).
Crane, J.H., D. Carrillo, R. Gazis, J. Wasielewski, E.A. Evans, F. Ballen and B. Schaffer. 2019. Control and mitigation strategies for laurel wilt and ambrosia beetle vectors. IX World Avocado Congress, Medellin, Colombia. Sept. 24-28, 2019 (11 pages).
Crane, J.H., J. Wasielewski, D. Carrillo, E.A. Evans, B. Schaffer, F. Ballen and R. Gazis. 2019. Effect of the laurel wilt epidemic on Florida’s avocado industry. IX World Avocado Congress, Medellin, Colombia. Sept. 24-28, 2019 (11 pages).
Crane, J., R. Ploetz, D. Carrillo, E. Evans, J. Wasielewski, and D. Pybas. 2016. Current management recommendations for laurel wilt of avocados. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 129:4-10.
Crane, J.H. D. Carrillo, R.C. Ploetz, E.A. Evans, A.J. Palmateer and D. Pybas. 2015. Current status and control recommendations for laurel wilt and the ambrosia beetle vectors in commercial avocado (Persea americana Mill.) orchards in south Florida. ACSTAS, Proc. Of the VIII Congreso Mundial de la Palta, Lima, Peru. 13-18 Sept. 2015 (6 pages).
Crane, J.H., R.C. Ploetz, T. White, G.C. Krogstad, T. Prosser, J. Konkol, and R. Wideman. 2015. Efficacy of three microinfused fungicides to control laurel wilt on avocado in Martin and Brevard Counties. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 128:58-60.
Crane, J.H., E.A. Evans, D. Carrillo, R.C. Ploetz, and A.J. Palmateer. 2015. The potential for laurel wilt to threaten avocado production is real. ACTAS, Proc. Of the VIII Congreso Mundial de la Palta, Lima, Peru. 13-18 Sept. 2015 (9 pages).
Crane, J.H., W. Montás, E.A. Evans and R. Olszack. 2014. How to make a simple and inexpensive passive and pressurized infusion system for systemically applied pest control substances to fruit trees. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 127:6-9.
Cruz, L.F., S.A. Rocio, L.G. Duran, O. Menocal, C.D.J. Garcia-Avila, and D. Carrillo. 2018. Developmental biology of Xyleborus bispinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) reared on an artificial medium and fungal cultivation of symbiotic fungi in the beetle’s galleries. Fungal Ecology 35:116-126.
Cruz, L.F., O. Menocal, J. Mantilla, L.A. Ibarra-Juarez, and D. Carrillo. 2019. Xyleborus volvulus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): biology and fungal associates. Appl. Environ. Microbiology 85: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01190-19.
De Castro, A.I., R. Ehsani, R. Ploetz, J.H. Crane, and J. Abdulridha. 2015. Optimum spectral and geometric parameters for early detection of laurel wilt disease in avocado. Remote Sensing of Environment 171:33-44.
De Castro, A.I., R. Ehsani, R. Ploetz, J.H. Crane, and S. Buchanon. 2015. Detection of laurel wilt disease in avocado using low altitude aerial imaging. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124642. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124642 (13 pages).
Dreaden, T.J., M.A. Hughes, R.C. Ploetz, A. Black and J.A. Smith. 2019. Genetic analyses of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, in Asia provide clues on the source of the clone that is responsible for the current USA epidemic. Forests 10(1), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/f10010037 (10 pages).
Dreaden, T.J., A.S. Campbell, C.A. Gonzalez-Bernecke, R.C. Ploetz, and J.A. Smith. 2016. Response of swamp bay, Persea palustris, and redbay, P. borbornia, to Raffaelea spp. isolated from Xyleborus glabratus. Forest Pathology doi: 10.1111/efp.12288 (5 pages).
Dreaden, T.J., J.M. Davis, Z.W. De Beer, R.C. Ploetz, P.S. Soltis, M.J. Wingfield, and J.A. Smith. 2014. Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea. Fungal Biology 118:970-978.
Dreaden, T.J., J.M. Davis, C.L. Harmon, R.C. Ploetz, A.J. Palmateer, P.S. Soltis, and J.A. Smith. 2014. Development of multilocus PCR assays for Raffaelea lauricola, causal agent of laurel wilt disease. Plant Dis. 98:379–383.
Edward, E.A., J. Crane, A. Hodges, and J.L. Osborne. 2010. Potential economic impact of laurel wilt disease on the Florida avocado industry. 20:234-238.
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Fraedrich et al., 2015. Xyleborus glabratus attacks and systemic colonization by Raffaelea lauricola associated with dieback of Cinnamomum camphora in the southeastern United States. For. Path. 45:60-70.
Fraedrich, S.W., T.C. Harrington, C.A. Bates, J. Johnson, L.S. Reid, G.S. Best, T.D. Leininger, and T.S. Hawkins. 2011. Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice. Plant. Dis. 95:1056-1062.
Fraedrich, S.W., T.C. Harrington, R.J. Rabaglia, M.D. Ulyshen, A.E. Mayfield, III, J.L. Hanula, J.M. Eickwort, and D.R. Miller. 2008. A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the southeastern United States. Plant Dis. 92:215-224.
Fraedrich, S.W. 2008. California laurel is susceptible to laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola. Disease Notes https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-92-10-1469A
Fromby, J.P., J.C. Rodgers III, F.H. Koch, N. Krishnan, D.A. Duerr, and J.J. Riggins. 2018. Cold tolerance and invasive potential of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) in the eastern United States. Biol Invasions 20:995-1007.
Fuentes-Guardiola, L.T., J.A. Sánche-González, M.M. Birrueta-Valencia, and H.C. Arrendondo-Bernal. 2019. Hymenoptera parasítica asociada a especies de Xyleborus Eichoff en aguacate en Colima, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 44:271-279.
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Volatiles from the symbiotic fungusRaffaelea lauricolaare synergistic with manuka lures for increased capture of the redbay ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 16: 87-94.
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Haack, R.A. 2001. Intercepted Scolytidae (Coleoptera) at U.S. ports of entry: 1985-2000. Integrated Pest Management Reviews 6:253-282.
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Hanula, J.L. and B. Sullivan. 2008. Manuka oil and phoebe oil are attractive baits for Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), the vector of laurel wilt. Chemical Ecology 37:1403-1409.
Hanula, J. L., A. E. Mayfield III, S. W. Fraedrich, and R. J. Rabaglia. 2008. Biology and host association of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), exotic vector of laurel wilt killing redbay trees in the southern United States. J. Econ. Entomol. 101: 1276–1286.
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Harrington, T.C., D.N. Aghayeva, and S.W. Fraedrich. 2010. New combinations in Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Hyalorhinocladiella, and four new species from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Mycotaxon 111:337–361.
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Hughes, M.A., X. Martini, E. Kuhns, J. Colee, A. Mafra-Neto, L.L. Stelinski and J.A. Smith. 2017. Evaluation of repellents for the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, vector of the laurel wilt pathogen. J. Applied Entomology doi: 10.1111/jen.12387 (12 pages).
Hughes, M.A., J.J. Riggins, F.H. Koch, A.I. Cognato, C. Anderson, J.P. Formby, T.J. Dreaden, R.C. Ploetz, and J.A. Smith. 2017. No rest for the laurels: symbiotic invaders cause unprecedented damage to souther USA forests. Biological Invasions 19:2143-2157.
Hughes,M., H.A. Smith, R.C. Ploetz, P. Kendra, A.E. Mayfield, J.l. Hanula, J. Hulcr, L.L. Stelinski, S. Cameron, J.J. Riggins, D. Carrillo, R. Rabaglia, J. Eickwort and T. Pernas. 2015. Recovery plan for laurel wilt on red bay and other forest species caused by Raffaelea lauricola and disseminated by Xyleborus glabratus. Plant Health Progress 16(4):173-209.
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Hughes, M.A., G. Brar, R.C. Ploetz, and J.A. Smith. 2013. Field and growth chamber inoculations demonstrate Persea indica a newly recognized host for the laurel wilt pathogen Raffaelea lauricola. Plant Health Progress doi: 10.1094/PHP-2013-0814-02-BR (2 pages).
Hughes, M.A., K. Shin, J. Eickwort, and J.A. Smith. 2012. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on silk bay in Florida. Disease Notes 96:910.
Hughes, M., J.A. Smith, A..E. Mayfield III, M.C. Minno, and K. Shin. 2011. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on pondspice in Florida. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-11-0528
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Hulcr, J., R. Mann and L.L. Stelinski. 2011. The scent of a partner: ambrosia beetles are attracted to volatiles from their fungal symbionts. J. Chem. Ecology 37:1374-1377.
Ibarra-Juarez, L.A., M.A.J. burton, P.H.W. Biedermann, L. Cruz, D. Desgarennes, E. Ibarra-Lacelette, A. Lattorre, A. Alonso-Sánchez, E. Villafan, G. Hanko-Rosas, L. López, M. Vázquez-Rosass-Landa, G. Carrion, D. Carrillo, A. Moya and A. Lamelas. 2020. Evidence for succession and putative metabolic roles of fungi and bacteria in the farming mutualism of the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis. mSystems 5(5): doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00541-20
Ibarra-Juarez, L.A., D. Desgarennes, M. Vázquez-Rosas-Landa, E. Villafan, A. Alonso-Sánchez, O. Ferrera-Rodríguez, A. Moya, D. Carrillo, L. Cruz, G. Carrión, A. López-Buenfil, C. García-Avila, E. Ibarra-Laclette, and A. Lamelas. 2018. Impact of rearing conditions on the ambrosia beetle’s microbiome. Life http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life8040063
Inch, S.A., R.C. Ploetz, B. Held, and R. Blanchette. 2012. Histological and anatomical responses in avocado, Persea americana, induced by the vascular wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Botany 90:627-635.
Kendra, P.E., W.S. Montgomery, T.I. Narvaez and D. Carrillo. 2020. Comparison of trap designs for detection of Euwallaceae nr. fornticatus and other Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) that vector fungal pathogens of avocado trees in Florida. J. Encon. Entomology 113:980-987.
Kendra, P.E., W.S. Montgomery, T.I. Narvaez and D. Carrillo. 2019. Comparison of trap designs for detection of Euwallacea nr. fornicatus and other Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Florida avocado groves. Journal of Economic Entomology doi: 10.1093/jee/toz311
Kendra, P.E., W.S. Montgomery, J. Niogret, N. Tabanca, D. Owens and N.D. Epsky. 2018. Utility of essential oils for the development of host-based lures for Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinate), vector of laurel wilt. Open Chemistry 16:393-400.
Kendra, P.E., D. Owens, W.S. Montgomery, T.I. Narvaez, G.R. Bauchan, E.Q. Schnell, N. Tabanca, and D. Carrillo. 2017. α-Copaene is an attractant, synergistic with
quercivorol, for improved detection of Euwallacea nr. fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:Scolytinae). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179416 (20 pages).
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