Publications

fusarium euwallaceae sp. nov.--a symbiotic fungus of euwallacea sp., an invasive ambrosia beetle in israel and california.	the invasive asian ambrosia beetle euwallacea sp. (coleoptera, scolytinae, xyleborini) and a novel fusarium sp. that it farms in its galleries as a source of nutrition causes serious damage to more than 20 species of live trees and pose a serious threat to avocado production (persea americana) in israel and california. adult female beetles are equipped with mandibular mycangia in which its fungal symbiont is transported within and from the natal galleries. damage caused to the xylem is associate ...	2013	23928415
generic concepts in nectriaceae.	the ascomycete family nectriaceae (hypocreales) includes numerous important plant and human pathogens, as well as several species used extensively in industrial and commercial applications as biodegraders and biocontrol agents. members of the family are unified by phenotypic characters such as uniloculate ascomata that are yellow, orange-red to purple, and with phialidic asexual morphs. the generic concepts in nectriaceae are poorly defined, since dna sequence data have not been available for ma ...	2015	26955195
discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the fusarium-euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism.	the mutualism between xyleborine beetles in the genus euwallacea (coleoptera: curculionidae: scolytinae) and members of the ambrosia fusarium clade (afc) represents one of 11 known evolutionary origins of fungiculture by ambrosia beetles. female euwallacea beetles transport fusarial symbionts in paired mandibular mycangia from their natal gallery to woody hosts where they are cultivated in galleries as a source of food. native to asia, several exotic euwallacea species were introduced into the u ...	2015	25445310