Dataset for: Investigating the threat to Sitka spruce from Ips typographus: discrimination and colonization of Britain’s principal commercial conifer by a damaging forest pest

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Inward, D., Vuts, J., Thomas, G., Barnard, K., Caulfield, J. C., Powers, S. J., Uglow, A. and Reed, K. 2025. Dataset for: Investigating the threat to Sitka spruce from Ips typographus: discrimination and colonization of Britain’s principal commercial conifer by a damaging forest pest. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/mhvmi6az

AuthorsInward, D., Vuts, J., Thomas, G., Barnard, K., Caulfield, J. C., Powers, S. J., Uglow, A. and Reed, K.
Abstract

Ips typographus (L.), the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), has devastated European Norway spruce (Picea abies) forests in recent years. For the first time, I. typographus has established localised breeding populations in Britain, where Sitka spruce (P. sitchensis) is a critical component of plantation forestry. The interactions between Norway spruce and I. typographus are well understood, but relatively little is known about the susceptibility of Sitka spruce to the beetle. This study aimed to determine whether I. typographus would select Sitka, compared to Norway spruce, as a host for breeding, and to study the chemical ecology underlying these host preferences.

Year of Publication2025
PublisherRothamsted Research
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.23637/mhvmi6az
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Related Output
Is metadata forhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8644
Funder project or codeGrowing Health [ISP]
Growing Health (WP1) - bio-inspired solutions for healthier agroecosystems: Understanding biointeractions
BBSRC Strategic Programme in Smart Crop Protection
Future Proofing Plant Health
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