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The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio with its mutualistic fungal symbiont Amylostereum areolatum is the most damaging invasive pest in Southern Hemisphere Pinus plantations. Despite a century of work, many unanswered questions and numerous challenges remain to be addressed. These are especially linked to changes associated with the continuing spread of the pest. The S. noctilio complex also presents unique research opportunities to study the dynamics and genetics of invasive pest populations, and symbioses (both mutualism and parasitism), perhaps more effectively than in any other system known. These opportunities and challenges, enhanced by an explosion in the availability of new molecular and chemical technologies, will shape the next phase of research on this pest, its symbiotic fungus and their parasites.
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Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J. (2012). Sirex Research and Management: Future Prospects. In: Slippers, B., de Groot, P., Wingfield, M. (eds) The Sirex Woodwasp and its Fungal Symbiont:. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1960-6_20
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