Contribution of Symbiotic Fungi to Cork Oak Colonization by Platypus cylindrus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)
Platypus cylindrus Fab. (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) has changed its status from uncommon to pest contributing to cork oak decline. Besides its massive attacks, P. cylindrus is associated with fungi on which it depends for survival and host colonization. Isolations from beetles yielded seven genera wi...
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2011
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Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-63522011000200011 |
Country: | Portugal |
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