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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
Authors | Inward, D., Vuts, J., Thomas, G., Barnard, K., Caulfield, J. C., Powers, S. J., Uglow, A. and Reed, K. |
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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 Publication | 2025 |
Publisher | Rothamsted Research |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.23637/mhvmi6az |
Funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
Related Output | |
Is metadata for | https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8644 |
Funder project or code | Growing Health [ISP] |
Growing Health (WP1) - bio-inspired solutions for healthier agroecosystems: Understanding biointeractions | |
BBSRC Strategic Programme in Smart Crop Protection | |
Future Proofing Plant Health | |
Data files | Data type Spreadsheet Contents Data File Access Level Open |
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