ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Symbiont selection via alcohol benefits fungus farming by ambrosia beetles.
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- Honey bees are resilient to the long-term presence of alcohol in their diet.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
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- Host plant selection and performance of ambrosia beetles in flood-stressed versus ethanol-injected trees provide implications for management strategies.Journal of economic entomology · 2025Article
- Fungal symbiont of an ambrosia beetle possesses high nutrient content and suppresses competing fungi with antimicrobial compounds.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Growth variation of an ambrosia fungus on different tree species indicates host specialization.Frontiers in insect science · 2025Article
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- Volatiles of fungal cultivars act as cues for host-selection in the fungus-farming ambrosia beetleFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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- Type and duration of water stress influence host selection and colonization by exotic ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).Frontiers in insect science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Animal-microbe mutualisms are typically maintained by vertical symbiont transmission or partner choice. A third mechanism, screening of high-quality symbionts, has been predicted in theory, but empirical examples are rare. Here we demonstrate that ambrosia beetles rely on ethanol within host trees for promoting gardens of their fungal symbiont and producing offspring. Ethanol has long been known as the main attractant for many of these fungus-farming beetles as they select host trees in which they excavate tunnels and cultivate fungal gardens. More than 300 attacks by
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