Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by Author "Garnas, Jeffrey R."

Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by Author "Garnas, Jeffrey R."

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  • Aggressive tree killer or natural thinning agent? Assessing the impacts of a globally important forest insect 
    Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Lantschner, M. Victoria; Lombardero, Maria J.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Villacide, Jose M.; Slippers, Bernard; Corley, Juan C.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Ayres, Matthew P. (Elsevier, 2021-03)
    Invasive insects and pathogens are prominent tree mortality agents in forests around the world, and the magnitude of their impacts is increasing. Comparative studies across multiple populations can be helpful for the ...
  • The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations 
    Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Lombardero, Maria J.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is the primary biological control agent of Sirex noctilio, a globally invading woodwasp pest of Pinus species. Preliminary studies on the diversity of populations of D. siricidicola ...
  • Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Garnas, Jeffrey R. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius, native to Eurasia and North Africa, regularly co‐occurs with a North American origin Pissodes sp. on Pinus trees in South Africa. The nature of this co‐occurrence and potential impacts ...
  • Mechanisms that influence sex ratio variation in the invasive hymenopteran Sirex noctilio in South Africa 
    Queffelec, Josephine; Wooding, Amy L.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley Open Access, 2019-07)
    Sirex noctilio is an economically important invasive pest of commercial pine forestry in the Southern Hemisphere. Newly established invasive populations of this woodwasp are characterized by highly male‐biased sex ratios ...
  • Population dynamics of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Eucalyptus plantations of South Africa 
    Nadel, Ryan Leslie; Wingfield, Michael J.; Scholes, Mary C.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Lawson, Simon A.; Slippers, Bernard (Springer, 2015-03)
    Thaumastocoris peregrinus is a sap-sucking insect that infests non-native Eucalyptus plantations in Africa, New Zealand, South America and parts of Southern Europe, in addition to street trees in parts of its native ...