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Parasitoid Recruitment to the Globally Invasive Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus

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Galling Arthropods and Their Associates

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The chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a global pest of chestnut (Castanea). Established as a pest in the mid 20th century in Japan, Korea and the USA, this species has now reached Europe. Successful deployment of a biocontrol agent, Torymus sinensis, in Japan has led to its early release in Italy. Here we provide the first overview of the natural enemies associated with D. kuriphilus in its native and invaded ranges, and discuss general patterns in community development. We then use what is known about European oak gall wasp communities to predict possible future developments for D. kuriphilus, and possible interactions between parasitoid communities attacking hosts on chestnut and oaks.

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  1. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, The Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK

    Alexandra Aebi & Graham N. Stone

  2. Winfrith Technology Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, CEH Dorset, Dorchester, DT2 8ZD, UK

    Karsten Schönrogge

  3. Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory, Vas County Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service, Kelcs-Adelffy St. 6, Köszeg, 9730, Hungary

    George Melika

  4. Department of Exploitation and Protection of the Agricultural and Forestry Resources, Entomology and Zoology applied to the Environment “Carlo Vidano”, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, Grugliasco, 10095, Italy

    Alberto Alma, Ambra Quacchia & Luca Picciau

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    Giovanni Bosio

  6. Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606-8522, Japan

    Yoshihisa Abe

  7. National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8666, Japan

    Seichii Moriya

  8. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan

    Kaori Yara

  9. Chamber for Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia, Agricultural and Forestry Institute Nova Gorica, Pri Hrastu 18, SI-5000, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

    Gabrijel Seljak

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    Kenichi Ozaki Ph.D.

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Aebi, A. et al. (2006). Parasitoid Recruitment to the Globally Invasive Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus . In: Ozaki, K., Yukawa, J., Ohgushi, T., Price, P.W. (eds) Galling Arthropods and Their Associates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-32185-3_9

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