@article {8519,
	title = {Ability of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to bore into young avocado (Lauraceae) plants and transmit the laurel wilt pathogen (Raffaelea sp.)},
	journal = {Florida Entomologist},
	volume = {91},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {September},
	pages = {485-487},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {In 2 no-choice experiments, female redbay ambrosia beetles were released onto young plants of redbay, live oak, and 5 different avocado cultivars of various genetic backgrounds. Beetles bored into all species except live oak, and transmitted the laurel wilt fungus to redbay and all the avocado cultivars except {\textquoteright}Hass{\textquoteright}. Only redbay and {\textquoteright}Simmonds{\textquoteright} avocado plants were killed, suggesting that avocado susceptibility to laurel wilt may vary among plants or cultivars of different genetic background.},
	keywords = {Xyleborus glabratus},
	isbn = {0015-4040},
	author = {Mayfield, A. E., III and Pena, J. E. and Crane, J. H. and Smith, J. A. and Branch, C. L. and Ottoson, E. D. and Hughes, M.}
}
