Publications

2013

Incidence of Ips grandicollis (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in trap trees prepared for biological control of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in Australia: Influence of environment and silviculture

Gitau CW, Carnegie AJ, Nicol HI, Bashford R et al.

Forest Ecology and Management

2013

A review of semiochemicals associated with bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) pests of coniferous trees: a focus on beetle interactions with other pests and their associates

Gitau CW, Bashford R, Carnegie AJ, Gurr GM

Forest Ecology and Management

2013

Linking reproductive and feeding strategies in the parasitoid Ibalia leucospoides: does feeding always imply profit?

Fischbein D, Bernstein C, Corley JC

Evolutionary Ecology

Aug 2013

Life history traits of Sirex noctilio F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) can explain outbreaks independently of environmental factors

Aparacio JP, Corley JC, Rabinovich J

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

The woodwasp Sirex noctilio is a major pest of pine plantations worldwide. Economically significant damage is however limited to...

Oct 2013

Association between accumulation of allene oxide synthase activity and development of resistance against downy mildew disease of pearl millet

Pushpalatha HG, Sudisha J, Prabhu SA, Geetha NP et al.

Molecular Biology Reports

The present study was aimed at understanding the possible association of allene oxide synthase (AOS), an enzyme implicated in the...

Jun 2013

Activated intestinal macrophages in patients with cirrhosis release NO and IL-6 that may disrupt intestinal barrier function

Du Plessis J, Vanheel H, Janssen CEI, Roos L et al.

Journal of Hepatology

<h4>Background & aims</h4>Bacterial infections commonly occur in decompensated cirrhosis resulting from bacterial translocation...

Jun 2013

Thekopsora minima, the cause of blueberry rust in Australia

McTaggart AR, Geering ADW, Shivas RG

Australasian Plant Disease Notes

2013

First report of Pilidium concavum as the causative agent of tan-brown rot on Prunus domestica fruits

Sayari M, Babaeizad V, Fathi J

Journal of Plant Pathology

Jul 2013

First report of Lasiodiplodia citricola and Neoscytalidium dimidiatum Causing English Walnut Graft Union Death in California

Chen SF, Fitchner E, Morgon DP, Michailides TJ

Plant Disease

California produces 99% of the English walnuts (Juglans regia) in the USA. In August 2012 in Tulare County, about 5,000 out of...