Raffaelea lauricola, a new ambrosia beetle symbiont and pathogen on the Lauraceae

By T. Harrington, S. Fraedrich, D. Aghayeva. Mycotaxon, 2008

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An undescribed species of Raffaelea earlier was shown to be the cause of a vascular wilt disease known as laurel wilt, a severe disease on redbay (Persea borbonia) and other members of the Lauraceae in the Atlantic coastal plains of the southeastern USA. The pathogen is likely native to Asia and probably was introduced to the USA in the mycangia of the exotic redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Analyses of rDNA sequences indicate that the pathogen is most closely related to other ambrosia beetle symbionts in the monophyletic genus Raffaelea in the Ophiostomatales. The asexual genus Raffaelea includes Ophiostoma-like symbionts of xylem-feeding ambrosia beetles, and the laurel wilt pathogen is named R. lauricola sp. nov.

Subfields: Ecology, Endocrinology, Insect Science

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Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola (2012, unknown): “lauricola (Fraedrich et al., 2008; Harrington et al., 2008).”
No rest for the laurels: symbiotic invaders cause unprecedented damage to southern USA forests (2017, unknown): “1) (Fraedrich et al. 2008; Harrington et al. 2008).”
The fungi: 1, 2, 3 ... 5.1 million species? (2011, background): “…invasive fungi such as those grouped as Dutch elm disease fungi, chestnut blight fungus, dogwood anthracnose fungus, and redbay wilt fungus, were all unknown until they were observed soon after their introduction ( Alexopoulos et al., 1996 ; Zhang and Blackwell, 2001 ; Harrington et al., 2008 ).”
New combinations in Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Hyalorhinocladiella, and four new species from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (2010, background): “One of two most-parsimonious trees of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genera Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Dryadomyces, other Ambrosiella species associated with bark beetles, representative Ophiostoma species, Fragosphaeria purpurea, and Sporothrix schenckii based on sequences of SSU rDNA.”