| ecology of root-feeding beetles and their associated fungi on longleaf pine in georgia. | root-feeding beetles, particularly of the curculionid subfamilies scolytinae and molytinae, are known to be effective vectors of ophiostomatoid fungi. infestation by these insects and subsequent infection by the ophiostomatoid fungi may play an important role in accelerating symptom progression in pine declines. to examine the relationship between beetles and fungi in longleaf pine stands, root-feeding curculionids were collected in pitfall traps baited with ethanol and turpentine for 62 wk, and ... | 2010 | 20388270 |