Progress on invasion biology and chemical ecology of red turpentine beetle,Dendroctonus valens
Author of the article:ZHANG Long-Wa1,2;LU Ming1; LIU Zhu-Dong1; SUN Jiang-Hua1
Author's Workplace:1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management Agricultural Pests & Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;2. Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University
Key Words:red turpentine beetle; Dendroctonus valens; chemical communication; invasive mechanism
Abstract:The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte, native in North America, is a destructive exotic pest of pines in China. Since its first large outbreak in 1999 in Shanxi Province, D. valenshas spread rapidly to the adjacent provinces