Changes in fungal associate abundance over mountain pine beetle lifecycle using target-specific primers and quantitative PCR
The mountain pine beetle (MPB) is a native bark beetle of western North America that attacks pine tree species, in particular, lodgepole pine. It is closely associated several ophiostomatoid fungi, with which it has a mutually beneficial relationship. This thesis is comprised of two sections. The fi...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38068 |
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