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Laurel Wilt Disease: Early Detection Through Canine Olfaction And "Omics" Insights Into Disease Progression, Julian L. Mendel
Laurel Wilt Disease: Early Detection Through Canine Olfaction And "Omics" Insights Into Disease Progression, Julian L. Mendel
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Laurel wilt disease is a vascular wilt affecting the xylem and water conductivity in trees belonging to the family Lauraceae. The disease was introduced by an invasive species of ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. The beetle, together with its newly described fungal symbiont Raffaelea lauricola (pathogenic to host trees), has lead to the devastation and destruction of over 300 million wild redbay trees in southeastern forests. Ambrosia beetles make up a very unique clade of beetle and share a co-evolved obligatory mutualistic relationship with their partner fungi. Rather than consuming host tree material, the beetles excavate galleries or canals …