Vidya S Vuruputoor

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Vidya S Vuruputoor |David Stern |A M Glendening

AbstractTwo invasive hemipteran adelgids are associated with widespread damage to several North American conifer species. Adelges tsugae, hemlock woolly adelgid, was introduced from East Asia and reproduces parthenogenetically in North America, where it has rapidly decimated Tsuga canadensis and Tsuga caroliniana (the eastern and Carolina hemlocks, respectively).

Nov 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Adam M. Glendening |David Stern |Vidya S Vuruputoor

AbstractTwo invasive hemipteran adelgids cause widespread damage to North American conifers. Adelges tsugae (the hemlock woolly adelgid) has decimated Tsuga canadensis and Tsuga caroliniana (the Eastern and Carolina hemlocks, respectively). A. tsugae was introduced from East Asia and reproduces parthenogenetically in North America, where it can kill trees rapidly. A.