The Symbiotic Relationships Between Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) and Ambrosia Fungi

Year 2017, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 239 - 246, 19.06.2017

Rahman Kushiyev Onur Aker , Celal Tuncer

https://doi.org/10.29050/harranziraat.321179

Cited By: 2

Abstract

It is known that each of the ambrosia beetles is associated
with one or more symbiotic fungi. The symbiotic fungi are the major food
sources of adult and larvae of ambrosia bettles. Ambrosia beetles excavate
tunnels in the wood tissue of trees in which they inoculate and cultivate symbiotic
fungi which carry in their fungi pouch (Mycangia).
Fungi pouch of some little ambrosia beetles
were lost and they can not carry symbiotic fungi in their bodies and are known
as mycocleptic. Ambrosia beetles cause significant loss in forests and fruit
trees. However, it is known that ambrosia fungi also play an important role in
the decay of trees. If there is find out an effective method to under control
the development of these fungi, alternative methods of combating with ambrosia
beetles will be developed.

Keywords

Ambrosia beetles, Ambrosia fungi, Symbiotic relationship

Ambrosya Böcekleri (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae ve Platypodinae) ile Ambrosya Fungusları Arasındaki Simbiyotik İlişkiler

Abstract

Ambrosya böceklerinin her birinin bir veya birkaç simbiyotik
fungusla ilişkili olduğu bilinmektedir. Simbiyotik funguslar bu böceklerin
ergin ve larvalarının ana besin kaynağını oluşturmaktadır. Ambrosya
böceklerinin erginleri ağaçların odun dokusunda açtıkları galerilerine, fungus keselerinde
(Mycangia) taşıdıkları simbiyotik fungusları bulaştırarak yetiştirmektedir. Fakat
mycocleptic türler olarak bilinen bazı küçük ambrosya böceği türlerinin ise
fungus keseleri bulunmadığından simbiyotik fungusları taşımamaktadır. Ambrosya
böcekleri orman ve meyve ağaçlarında önemli kayıplara neden olmaktadır. Bununla
birlikte, ambrosia funguslarının da ağaçların çürümesinde önemli rol oynadığı
bilinmektedir. Bu fungusların gelişimlerini kontrol altına alabilecek etkili
bir yöntem bulunduğu takdirde, ambrosya böcekleri ile mücadelede alternatif yöntemler
geliştirilebilecektir.  

Keywords

Ambrosya böcekleri, Ambrosya fungusları, Simbiyotik ilişki

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