Discovery of Walnut Twig Beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, Associated with Forested Black Walnut, Juglans nigra, in the Eastern U.S.

Discovery of Walnut Twig Beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, Associated with Forested Black Walnut, Juglans nigra, in the Eastern U.S.

Thousand cankers disease (TCD) is an insect-mediated disease of walnut trees (Juglans spp.) involving walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) and a fungal pathogen (Geosmithia morbida). Although first documented on walnut species in the western U.S., TCD is now found on black walnut (J. nigra)...

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Main Authors: Gregory J. Wiggins, Jerome F. Grant, Paris L. Lambdin, Paul Merten, Katheryne A. Nix, Denita Hadziabdic, Mark T. Windham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
walnut twig beetle
Pityophthorus juglandis
Geosmithia morbida
thousand cankers disease
black walnut
Juglans nigra
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/5/6/1185

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