Creepy Study Shows How Fungi Lure Tree-Killing Beetles to Th

Millions of conifers have been destroyed across Europe due to infestations of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), and fungi may be helping the tree-killing critters by manipulating the tree's natural defenses.

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Norway , Sweden , South Africa , Dineshkumar Kandasamy , Jonathan Gershenzon , Lund University , Max Planck Institute For Chemical Ecology , Max Planck Institute ,