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Response of swamp bay, Persea palustris, and redbay, P. borbonia, to Raffaelea spp. isolated from Xyleborus glabratus Tyler J. Dreaden, Alina S. Campbell, Carlos A. Gonzalez‐Benecke, Randy C. Ploetz, Jason A. Smith 2016 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
Laurel Wilt, Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is Detected for the First Time Outside the Southeastern United States Randy C. Ploetz, Y. Y. Thant, Marc A. Hughes, Tyler J. Dreaden, J. L. Konkol, A. T. Kyaw, Jason A. Smith, C. L. Harmon 2016 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Distribution, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
Responses of swamp bay, Persea palustris, and avocado, Persea americana, to various concentrations of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola Marc A. Hughes, S. A. Inch, Randy C. Ploetz, H. L. Er, A. H. C. Bruggen, Jason A. Smith 2015 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
Recovery Plan for Laurel Wilt on Redbay and Other Forest Species Caused by Raffaelea lauricola and Disseminated by Xyleborus glabratus Marc A. Hughes, Jason A. Smith, Randy C. Ploetz, P. E. Kendra, A. E. Mayfield III, J. Hanula, Jiri Hulcr, Lukasz Stelinski, S. Cameron, J. J. Riggins, D. Carrillo, R. Rabaglia, J. M. Eickwort 2015 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
Development of Multilocus PCR Assays for Raffaelea lauricola, Causal Agent of Laurel Wilt Disease Tyler J. Dreaden, J. M. Davis, C. L. Harmon, Randy C. Ploetz, A. J. Palmateer, Jason A. Smith 2014 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaeleai Tyler J. Dreaden, J. M. Davis, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Randy C. Ploetz, P. S. Soltis, M. J. Wingfield, Jason A. Smith 2014 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Phylogeny, Tree diseases  
Effect of Chipping on Emergence of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and Recovery of the Laurel Wilt Pathogen From Infested Wood Chips D. Spence, Jason A. Smith, Jiri Hulcr, A. E. Mayfield III, Randy C. Ploetz, Lukasz Stelinski 2013 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Management, Tree diseases  
Field and Growth Chamber Inoculations Demonstrate Persea indica as a Newly Recognized Host for the Laurel Wilt Pathogen, Raffaelea laurciola Marc A. Hughes, G. S. Brar, Randy C. Ploetz, Jason A. Smith 2013 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts M. T. Kasson, K. O’Donnell, A. P. Rooney, S. Sink, Randy C. Ploetz, J. N. Ploetz, J. L. Konkol, D. Carrillo, S. Freeman, Z. Mendel, Jason A. Smith, A. W. Black, Jiri Hulcr, C. Bateman, K. Stefkova, P. R. Campbell, A. D. Geering, E. K. Dann, A. Eskalen, K. Mohotti, D. P. Short, T. Aoki, K. A. Fenstermacher, D. D. Davis, D. M. Geiser 2013 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Fusarium, Invasive pests and diseases, Phylogeny, Tree diseases  
Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola Randy C. Ploetz, J. M. Perez-Martınez, Jason A. Smith, Marc A. Hughes, Tyler J. Dreaden, S. A. Inch, Y. Fu 2012 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Susceptibility, Tree diseases  
Laurel Wilt, Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is Confirmed in Miami-Dade County, Center of Florida's Commercial Avocado Production Randy C. Ploetz, J. E. Peña, Jason A. Smith, Tyler J. Dreaden, J. H. Crane, T. Schubert, W. Dixon 2011 Bark and ambrosia beetle, Distribution, Invasive pests and diseases, Laurel wilt, Tree diseases  
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