Mutual benefit interactions between banded pine weevil Pissodes castaneus and blue-stain fungus Leptographium serpens in maritime pine

摘要

1Ecological interactions between banded pine weevil Pissodes castaneus and blue-stain fungus Leptographium serpens, when simultaneously sharing the same host plant (maritime pine Pinus pinaster) in winter and spring, were investigated. Temporal components of the interaction were taken into account by either introducing the weevils and the pathogen simultaneously or sequentially, with the weevils being introduced 1 month after the fungal inoculation.