Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...
Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.
Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...
Australian researchers have been barking up the right tree with a revolutionary discovery of resident microbes that guzzle ...
The insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana detoxifies the defense substances of the beetles, which originate from plant precursors, and can successfully infect these insects. To the point: • ...