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Do mites phoretic on elm bark beetles contribute to the transmission of Dutch elm disease?

Stacy R. Blomquist1, John C. Moser, jmoser@fs.fed.us1, Thomas Kirisits, kirisits@edv1.boku.ac.at2, and Heino Konrad, hkonrad@boku.ac.at3. (1) USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2500 Shreveport Hwy, Pineville, LA, (2) University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Dept of Forest and Soil Sciences BOKU, Hasenauerstrasse 38, Wein, Austria, (3) University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Forest Entomology, Hasenauerstrasse 38, Wien, Austria



Species 1: Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytus (Elm bark beetles)
Species 2: Microascales Ophiostomataceae Ophiostoma novo-ulmi (Dutch elm disease)