Author:
Myrholm Colin L.,Langor David W.
Abstract
AbstractA novel “rearing-tube” method was developed and used to investigate the performance of mountain pine beetle (MPB),Dendroctonus ponderosaeHopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), with its three main ophiostomatalean fungal symbionts,Grosmannia clavigera(Robinson-Jeffrey and Davidson) Zipfel, de Beer, and Wingfield (Ophiostomataceae),Ophiostoma montium(Rumbold) von Arx (Ophiostomataceae), andLeptographium longiclavatumLee, Kim, and Breuil (Ophiostomataceae). Transparent glass tubes filled with sterile ground jack pine (Pinus banksianaLambert; Pinaceae) phloem and sapwood (9:1 ratio) were used to rear MPB from egg to adult with each fungus under controlled environmental conditions. Mountain pine beetle mortality was higher and development longer in fungus-free controls compared to fungal treatments. Among fungal treatments, insects developed faster, constructed shorter larval galleries, and had fewer supernumerary instars withL. longiclavatum.Insect survival was not affected by fungal treatments. Hyphal extension through the rearing medium was fastest forL. longiclavatum. Phloem nitrogen was reduced significantly by the presence ofL. longiclavatum.Results support the hypothesis that ophiostomatalean symbionts provide benefits to MPB. The rearing-tube method is useful to tease apart confounding interspecific interactions between bark beetles and symbiotic fungus species.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Structural Biology
Cited by
13 articles.
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