Monday, December 10, 2007
D0216

Competition between fungi associated with Sirex noctilio and southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis)

Kier Klepzig, kklepzig@fs.fed.us1, Michael Wingfield, mike.wingfield@fabi.up.ac.za2, and Bernard Slippers, bernard.slippers@fabi.up.ac.za2. (1) Usda Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2500 shreveport hwy, Pineville, LA, (2) University of Pretoria, FABI, 8 lunnon road, Pretoria, South Africa



Species 1: Hymenoptera Siricidae Sirex noctilio (sirex woodwasp, European woodwasp)
Species 2: Coleoptera Curculionidae Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle)