Hi Asma Zeiri,

there are several studies on A. flavus pathogenicity on Dendroctonus frontalis, done by G. Moore in the 70's. E.g. "Pathogenicity of Three Entomogenous Fungi to the Southern Pine Beetle at Various Temperatures and Humidities. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 53; 1973" I attached the paper. I have several more of this author, if you are interested.

Feel free to contact me if you want more articles on this topic!

Are you working on the fungal associates of Scolytinae? I am just analysing the fungal and bacterial community of several Dendroctonus and Xyleborus species.

Best wishes, Peter

Hi Peter, thank you so much for the article, yes i am working on fungi isolated from dead beetles proved to be entomopathogenic, this fungus was Aspergillys flavus, and also i found Fusarium. That will be great to exchange informations with you.

Hi Asma, here is another publication. I regularly isolate Aspergillus oryzae from my Xyleborus sp., but it does not seem strongly pathogenic.

Please feel free to contact me if you need access to certain publications or you want to discuss experiments etc...

All the best, Peter