Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the Eastern Himalayan spruce bark beetle (Ips schmutzenhoferi) in Bhutan: Species assemblage and phytopathogenicity
Thomas Kirisits1*, Heino Konrad1,2, Michael J. Wingfield3 and Dal Bahadur Chhetri4
1Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Hasenauerstraße 38, A-1190 Vienna, Austria.
2Present address: Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Department of Genetics, Unit of Ecological Genetics and Biodiversity, Hauptstraße 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria.
3Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
4Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) Research and Development Sub-centre, Darla, Department of Forest and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan, Darla, Chhukha, Bhutan.
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