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This project studies the symbiotic relationships in ambrosia beetles, focusing on their fungal gardens and the role of bacteria in agriculture. It aims to uncover how these beetles manage their cultivars and defend against pathogens, contributing to our understanding of social evolution.
Farming insects are one of the most exciting examples for the success of symbioses in nature.
Ants, termites and ambrosia beetles started to grow fungi for food 40–60 million years before the rise of human agriculture.
Research on fungus-farming ants has revealed the association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria as fungus fertilizers and the application of antibiotics produced by symbiotic bacteria to control garden parasites.
However, in the ecologically and economically important ambrosia beetles,…
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