Scientific Publications - By Author

Relevant publications by members of the Tria Research Team are listed. Other publications from members of the MPB and associated scientific community are also included below. Media articles are listed separately under News & Events.

2009-04-05   Multigene phylogeny of filamentous ambrosia fungi associated with ambrosia and bark beetles.

Authors: Alamouti, S.M., Tsui, C.K.M, and Breuil, C.

Journal: Mycological Research 2009 doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2009.03.003

Link: Alamouti et al. 2009. Mycological Research

2010-03-30   Functional genomics of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) midguts and fat bodies

Authors: Aw, T., Schlauch, K., Keeling, C.I., Young, S., Bearfield, J.C., Blomquist, G.J., Tittiger, C.

Journal: BMC Genomics 2010 (11:215, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-215)

Link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/215

2009-05-02   Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellite loci in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Authors: Davis, C.S., Mock, K.E., Bentz, B.J., Bromilow, S.M., Bartell, N.V., Murray, B.W., Roe, A.D., Cooke J.E.K.

Journal: Molecular Ecology Resources. 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02579.x

Link: Davis et al. 2009 Molecular Ecology Resources

2009-09-11   De novo genome sequence assembly of a filamentous fungus using Sanger, 454 and Illumina sequence data.

Authors: DiGuistini, S., Liao N.Y., Platt, D., Robertson, G., Seidel, M., Chan, S.K., Birol, I., Holt, R.A., Hirst, M., Mardis, E., Marra, M.A., Hamelin, R.C., Bohlmann, J., Breuil, C., Jones, S.J.M.

Journal: Genome Biology 2009 (2009-10-9-r94)

Link: Diguistini et al. 2009. Genome Biology

2007-01-01   Generation and annotation of lodgepole pine an oleoresin induced expressed sequences from the blue-stain fungus Ophiostoma clavigerum, a mountain pine beetle associated pathogen.

Authors: DiGuistini, S., Ralph, S., Lim, Y., Holt, R., Jones, S., Bohlmann, J., and Breuil, C.

Journal: FEMS Microbiology Letters 2007 (267: 151-158).

Link: DiGuistini et al. 2007. FEMS Letters.

2006-01-01   Exogenous application of methyl jasmonate elicits defences in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and reduces host colonization by the bark beetle Ips typographus.

Authors: Erbilgin, N., Christiansen, E., Krokene, P., Zeneli, G., and Gershenzon, J.

Journal: Oecologia. 2006 (148: 426-436).

Link: Erbilgin et al. 2006. Oecologia.

2007-01-01   Isolation and extreme sex-specific expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, following feeding on the phloem of host ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa.

Authors: Huber, D.P.W., Erickson, M.L., Leutenegger, C.M., Bohlmann, J., and Seybold, S.J.

Journal: Insect Molecular Biology 2007 (16: 335-349).

Link: Huber et al. 2007. Insect Molecular Biology.

2006-01-01   Genes, enzymes, and chemicals of terpenoid diversity in the constitutive and induced defence of conifers against insects and pathogens.

Authors: Keeling, C.I., and Bohlmann, J.

Journal: New Phytologist 2006b (170: 657–675).

Link: Keeling and Bohlmann. 2006. New Phytologist.

2006-04-01   Effects of juvinilte hormone on gene expression in the pheromone-producing midgut of the pine engraver beetle Ips pini.

Authors: Keeling, C.I., Bearfield, J.C, Young, S., Blomquist, G.J., Tittiger, C.

Journal: Insect Molecular Biology. 2006 (15:207-206).

Link: Keeling et al. 2006. Insect Molecular Biology.

2004-01-01   Coordinated gene expression for pheromone biosynthesis in the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae).

Authors: Keeling, C.I., Blomquist, G.J., and Tittiger, C.

Journal: Naturwissenschaften 2004 (91: 324–328).

Link: Keeling et al. 2004. Naturwissenschaften.

2008-12-01   Terpenoid biomaterials.

Authors: Keeling, C.I., Bohlmann, J.

Journal: The Plant Journal. 2008 (51: 656-669).

Link: Bohlmann and Keeling. 2008. Plant Journal.

2008-01-01   Functional plasticity of paralogous diterpene synthases involved in conifer defence.

Authors: Keeling, C.I., Weisshaar, S., Lin, R.P.C., and Bohlmann, J.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2008 (105: 1085–1090).

Link: Keeling et al. 2008. PNAS

2009-08-01   Take me to your leader: Does early successional vegetation spatially inhibit Pissodes strobi?

Authors: Koopmans, J., de la Giroday, H-M.C., Lindgren, B.S., Aukema, B.H.

Journal: Environmental Entomology 2009 (38: 1189-1196)

Link: Koopmans et al. 2009. Environmental Entomology

2008-06-01   Variation in pathogenicity of a mountain pine beetle-associated blue-stain fungus, Grosmannia clavigera, on young lodgepole pine in British Columbia.

Authors: Plattner, A., Kim, J., Diguistini, S., Breuil, C.

Journal: Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 2008 (30:457-466)

Link: Plattner et al. 2008. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

2008-12-01   Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions.

Authors: Raffa, F., Aukema, B., Bentz, B., Carroll, A., Hicke, J., Turner, M., and Romme, W.H.

Journal: BioScience 2008 (58: 501–517).

Link: Raffa et al. 2008. Bioscience.

2009-10-01   Mountain pine beetle-associated blue-stain fungi in lodgepole x jack pine hybrids near Grande Prairie, Alberta (Canada)

Authors: Rice, A.V. and Langor. D

Journal: Forest Pathology 2009 doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00593.

Link: Rice and Langor. 2009. Forest Pathology

2005-01-01   Loblolly pine abietadienol/abietadienal oxidase PtAO is a multifunctional, multi-substrate cytochrome P450 monooxygenase.

Authors: Ro, D.-K., Arimura, G.-I., Lau, S.Y.W., Piers, E., and Bohlmann, J.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2005 (102: 8060–8065).

Link: Ro et al. 2005. PNAS.

2010-03-11   Multilocus species identification and fungal DNA barcoding: insights from blue stain fungal symbionts of the mountain pine beetle

Authors: Roe, A.D., Rice, A.V., Bromilow, S.E., Cooke, J.E.K., Sperling, F.A.H.

Journal: Roe et al. 2010. Molecular Ecology Resources.

2009-05-05   Characterization of microsatellite loci in the fungus Grosmannia clavigera, a pine pathogen associated with the mountain pine beetle.

Authors: Tsui, C.K.M., Feau, N., Ritland, C.E., Alamouti S.M., DiGuistini, S., Khadempour, L., Bohlmann, J., Breuil, C., and Hamelin, R.C.

Journal: Molecular Ecology Resources.

Link: Tsui et al. 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources

2010-03-15   Agrobacterium-meditated gene disruption using split-marker in Grosmannia clavigera, a mountain pine beetle associated pathogen

Authors: Wang, Y., DiGuistini, S., Wang, T.C., Bohlmann, J., Breuil. C.

Journal: Current Genetics 2010 (56:297-307)

Link: Wang et al. 2010 - Current Genetics

2006-01-01   Detecting the signature of selection on immune genes in highly structured populations of wild sheep (Ovis dalli).

Authors: Worley, K., Carey, J., Veitch, A., Coltman, D.W.

Journal: Molecular Ecology 2006 (15: 623-637).

Link: Worley et al. 2006. Molecular Ecology.

2010-03-30   Terpenoid biosynthesis and specialized vascular cells of conifer defense.

Authors: Zulak, K.G., Bohlmann, J.

Journal: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2010 (52(1): 86-97)

Link: Zulak and Bohlmann 2010 - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology