Laurel Wilt - Publications and Pest Alerts

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Pest Alerts and Extension Publications

Research and Scientific Journal Publications

Other Publications

Unpublished Surveys and Reports

Pest Alerts and Extension Publications

• Mayfield, A.E. III. 2008. Laurel wilt. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry, Forest and Shade Tree Pests Leaflet No. 13. 2 p. [PDF 2.2 MB]

• Mayfield, A.E. III, and M.C. Thomas. 2006. The redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Scolytinae: Curculionidae). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry Pest Alert.

• Mayfield, A.E. III, J.H. Crane, and J.A. Smith. 2008. Laurel Wilt: A Threat to Redbay, Avocado and Related Trees in Urban and Rural Landscapes. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension, Document HS-1137. 6 p. [PDF 913 KB]

• Pest Alert: Don't Transport Redbay Firewood (poster). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry. [PDF 602 KB]

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Research and Scientific Journal Publications

• Dixon, W.N., and R.E. Woodruff. 1982. The black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. Entomology Circular 250. 2 p.

• Evans, E.A. J. Crane, A. Hodges, and J. Osborne 2010. Potential Economic Impact of Laurel Wilt Disease on the Florida Avocado Industry. Hort Technology 20: 234-238.

• Fraedrich, S.W. 2008. California laurel is susceptible to laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola . Plant Disease 92(10): 1469.

• Fraedrich, S.W., T.C. Harrington, and R.J. Rabaglia . 2004. Laurel wilt: A new and devastating disease of redbay caused by a fungal symbiont of the exotic redbay ambrosia beetle. Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society 52:14-15. [PDF 94 KB]

• Fraedrich, S.W., T.C. Harrington, R.J. Rabaglia, M.D. Ulyshen, A.E. Mayfield, III, J.L. Hanula, J.M. Eickwort, and D.R. Miller. 2008. A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the southeastern United States. Plant Disease 92(2): 215-224.

• Goldberg, N. and J. Heine. 2009. "A comparison of arborescent vegetation pre- (1983) and post- (2008) outbreak of the invasive species the Asian ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus in a Florida maritime hammock." Plant Ecology & Diversity 2(1): 77-83. [PDF, 262 KB]

• Hall, D.W. 2009. Red bay psyllid, Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae). University of Florida IFAS Extension Document EENY-438. 5 p. [PDF 684 KB]

• Hall, D.W., and J.F. Butler. 2007. Palamedes swallowtail, Papilio palamedes (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). University of Florida IFAS Extension Document EENY-060. 2 p.

• Hanula, J.L., A.E. Mayfield, III, S.W. Fraedrich, and R.J. Rabaglia. 2008. Biology and Host Associations of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), exotic vector of laurel wilt killing redbay trees in the southeastern United States. Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4): 1276-1286. [PDF, 160 KB]

• Hanula, J.L. and B. Sullivan. 2008. Manuka oil and phoebe oil are attractive baits for Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), the vector of laurel wilt. Environmental Entomology 37(6): 1403-1409. [PDF 343 KB]

• Hanula, J.L., B. Sullivan, and D. Wakarchuk. 2013. Variation in Manuka Oil Lure Efficacy for Capturing Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), and Cubeb Oil as an Alternative Attractant. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(2): 333-340. [PDF, 726 KB]

• Hanula, J.L., M.D. Ulyshen, and S. Horn. 2011. Effect of Trap Type, Trap Position, Time of Year, and Beetle Density on Captures of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Journal of Economic Entomology 104(2): 501-508. [PDF, 282 KB]
  
  
• Harrington, T. C., D. N. Aghayeva, and S. W. Fraedrich. 2010. New combinations in Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Hyalorhinocladiella, and four new species from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Mycotaxon 111:337-361.

• Harrington, T. C., and S. W. Fraedrich. 2010. Quantification of propagules of the laurel wilt fungus and other mycangial fungi from the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Phytopathology 100:1118-1123.

• Harrington, T.C., S.W. Fraedrich, and D.N. Aghayeva. 2008. Raffaelea lauricola , a new ambrosia beetle symbiont and pathogen on the Lauraceae. Mycotaxon 104: 399-404. [PDF 419 KB]

• Koch, F.H., and W.D. Smith. 2008. Spatio-temporal analysis of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Circulionidae: Scolytinae) Invasion in Eastern U.S. Forests. Environmental Entomology 37(2): 442-452. [PDF 1.94 MB]

• Mayfield, A.E. III, E.L. Barnard, J.A. Smith, S.C. Bernick, J.M. Eickwort, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. Effect of propiconazole on laurel wilt disease development in redbay trees and on the pathogen in vitro. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 35(5): 317-324. [PDF 228 KB]

• Mayfield, A.E. III, J.E. Peña, J.H. Crane, J.A. Smith, C.L. Branch, E.D. Ottoson, and M. Hughes. 2008. Ability of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to bore into young avocado (Lauraceae) plants and transmit the laurel wilt pathogen (Raffaelea lauricola). Florida Entomologist 91(3): 485-487. [45 KB]

• Mayfield, A.E. III, J.A. Smith, M. Hughes, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by a Raffaelea lauricola on avocado in Florida. Plant Disease 92(6): 976-976.

• Rabaglia, R.J., S.A Dole, and A.I. Cognato. 2006. Review of American Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) occurring north of Mexico , with an illustrated key. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1034-1056.

• Riggins, J.J., M. Hughes, J.A. Smith, A.E. Mayfield, III, B. Layton, C. Balbalian, and R. Campbell. 2010. First occurrence of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on redbay trees in Mississippi. Plant Disease 94: 634.

• Smith, J.A., T.J. Dreaden, A.E. Mayfield, III, A. Boone, S.W. Fraedrich, and C. Bates. 2009. First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras in Florida and South Carolina. Plant Disease 93(10): 1079.

• Smith, J.A., L. Mount, A.E. Mayfield, III, C.A. Bates, W.A. Lamborn, and S.W. Fraedrich. 2009. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on camphor in Florida and Georgia. Plant Disease 93(2): 198.

• Surdick, J.A., and A.M. Jenkins. 2009. Pondspice (Litsea aestivalis) population status and response to laurel wilt disease in northeast Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Tallahassee, Florida. 42 p.

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Other Publications

• Cerulean, S. An Undefended Buffet: The Unnecessary Extinction of the Redbay, A Defining Southern Tree. in: Terrain.Org, A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, July 2008.

• Fennell, E.C. "Folly begins burning trees on island hit by fungus." The Post and Courier. 19 March 2009.

• Harmon, C.L., and R. Brown. 2009. Standard Operating Procedure for Plant Diagnostic Laboratories: Laurel Wilt and the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Raffaelea lauricola and its vector, Xyleborus glabratus), Version 1.2. National Plant Diagnostic Network. 25 p.

• Holleman, Joey. "Bugs wiping out coastal redbays." Bradenton Herald. 18 March 2007. [50 KB]

• Johnson, J., L. Reid, B. Mayfield, D. Duerr, and S. Fraedrich. 2007. New disease epidemic threatens redbay and other related species. The Southern Perspective (Southern Group of State Foresters Newsletter), April, pp. 3-4. [706 KB]

• Mayfield, A.E. III. 2007. Laurel wilt: A serious threat to redbay and other related native plants. The Palmetto (Quarterly Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society) 24(3):8-11. [PDF 1.2 MB]

• Mayfield, A., E. Barnard, C. Bates, A. Boone, R. Bulluck, S. Cameron, F. Campbell, D. Duerr, S. Fraedrich, J. Hanula, T. Harrington, J. Johnson, J. Peña, R. Rabaglia, J. Smith, V. Vankus. 2009. Recovery plan for laurel wilt on redbay and other forest species. Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, vector Xyleborus glabratus. National Plant Disease Recovery System, a cooperative project of The American Phytopathological Society and The United States Department of Agriculture, posted at http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/npdrs .

• Rabaglia, R.J. 2008. Xyleborus glabratus . North American Forest Commission Exotic Forest Pest Information System. Accessed 28 May 2010 at: http://spfnic.fs.fed.us/exfor/data/pestreports.cfm?pestidval=148&langdisplay=english Modified 18 Jun 2008.

• USDA Forest Service. "Laurel Wilt: A new scourge strikes the South." Research & Development briefing paper. January 24, 2007. [54 KB]

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Unpublished Surveys and Reports

• Boone, A.J. 2008. A survey for mortality of redbay and other species of Lauraceae in South Carolina: Documenting the spread of Xyleborus glabratus . Performed for the S.C. Forestry Commission. May 2008.

• Boone, A.J. 2007. A survey of redbay mortality in South Carolina : Documenting the extinction of a species. Performed for the S.C. Forestry Commission. April 2007.

• Cameron, R.S., C. Bates, and J. Johnson. 2008. Distribution and Spread of Laurel Wilt Disease in Georgia: 2006-08 Survey and Field Observations. Georgia Forestry Commission. September 2008. 28p [PDF 2.7 MB]

• Cameron, R.S., C. Bates, and J. Johnson. 2010. Evaluation of Laurel Wilt Disease in Georgia: Progression in Redbay and Sassafras - 2008-2010. Georgia Forestry Commission. December 2010. 36p. [PDF 5.4 MB]

• Surdick, J.A. and A.M. Jenkins. 2009. Pondspice (Litsea aestivalis) Population Status and
  Response to Laurel Wilt Disease in Northeast Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory,
  Tallahassee, Florida. [PDF 1.9 MB]

• Surdick, J., and A.M Jenkins. 2010. Population Surveys of Rare Lauraceae Species to Assess the Effect of Laurel Wild Disease in Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida. [PDF 842 KB]

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