Troy Kimoto

TL;DR: This is the first time that ethanol baited traps were deployed in Slovakian oak forests and the lures were an effective tool for monitoring native and non-native ambrosia beetles.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that screening target species using a variety of sampling techniques and NGS has the potential to increase survey capacity and detection sensitivity, reduce hands-on time and costs, and assist regulatory agencies to identify ports of entry.

TL;DR: Trichoferus campestris adults emerged, and live larvae were extracted, from one of two logs taken from a dying Norway maple, Acer platanoides Linnaeus (Sapindaceae), in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

TL;DR: This project demonstrated that the insect traps’ semiochemical microbiome represents a new and powerful matrix for screening phytopathogens, compared to traditional diagnostic techniques, which allowed for a faster and higher throughput assessment of the biodiversity contained within.