David Wood

Professor Emeritus, Professor the Graduate School
Ph.D.  Entomology    University of California, Berkeley, 1960
B.S.   Forestry    Syracuse University, 1952

137 Hilgard Hall
Berkeley, California 94720
bigwood@nature.berkeley.edu
office: 510-642-5538   lab: 510-642-5538   fax:  510-643-5438

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Biology of bark beetles (Scolytidae) and subterranean termites (Reticulitermes spp.), insect host selection behavior, insect pheromones, use of behavior-modifying chemicals in forest pest management, forest entomology, pathogen/tree/bark beetle interactions.

Pathogen/Insect/Tree Interactions (with Professors Thomas R. Gorden, UCD, Professors P. Bonello and Daniel A. Herms, The Ohio State University and Professor Andrew J. Storer, Michigan Technological University)

1) progression of symptoms; 2) impact on oak woodlands; and 3) the role of insects (with Dr. Richard B. Standiford, Dr. N. Maggie Kelly, UCCE; Professor Gregory S. Biging, UCB; Professor P. Bonello, The Ohio State University; and Professor David M. Rizzo, UCD)

Influence of fire and mechanical treatments on insects and diseases of the mixed conifer forests of the western Sierra Nevada (with Professor Scott Stephens, UCB and Professor Andrew J. Storer, MTU)

Evaluating new techniques for application of anti-aggregation pheromones for protecting conifers from attacks by bark beetles in the western US (with Dr. Nancy E. Gillette, Pacific SW Research Station, USDA, FS)

Complete list of publications

2007 McPherson, B.A., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, T.R. Gordon, and K. Wikler. Subterranean termite feeding stimulants from an associated zygomycete soil fungus. To be submitted to J. Chem. Ecol.

2007 McPherson, B.A., N. Erbilgin, D.L. Wood, P. Svihra, A.J. Storer, and R. B. Standiford. Attraction of ambrosia and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) infected by Phytophthora ramorum. Agricultural and Forest Entomol. In press

2007 Sakamoto, J. M., T.R. Gordon, A. J. Storer, and D. L. Wood. The role of Pityophthorus spp. as vectors of pitch canker affecting Monterey pine, Pinus radiata. Can. Entomol. In press

2007 Ockels, F.S., A. Eyles, B.A. McPherson, D. L. Wood and P. Bonello. Phenolic chemistry of coast live oak response to Phytophthora ramorum infection. J. Chem. Ecol. 33:1721-1732.

2007 Bonello, P., T.R. Gordon, D.L. Wood, D.A. Herms, and N. Erbilgin. Nature and ecological implications of pathogen-induced systemic resistance in conifers: A novel hypothesis. Physiol. & Mol. Plant Path. 68: 95-104.

2007 Erbilgin, N, N.E. Gillette, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, and D.L. Wood. Acetophenone as an anti-attractant for the western pine beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis, Le Conte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J Chem Ecol. 33: 817-823.

2007 O’Brian, M.J., K.L., O’Hara, N. Erbilgin, and D.L. Wood. Overstory and shrub effects on natural regeneration processes in native Pinus radiata stands. For. Ecol. and Management 240: 178-185

2007 Erbilgin, N., S. Mori, J.H. Sun, J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, L.D. Merrill, R. Campos Bolanos, K.F. Raffa, J. Mendez Montiel, D.L. Wood, and N.E, Gillette. Response to host volatiles by native and introduced populations of Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in North America and China. J. Chem. Ecol. 33(1): 131-146

2006 Gordon, T. R., S. C. Kirkpatrick, B. J. Aegerter, D. L. Wood, and A. J. Storer. 2005. Susceptibility of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) to pitch canker, caused by Gibberella circinatum (anamorph = Fusarium circinatum). Plant Pathology 55: 231–237.

2006 Gillette, N.E., J.D. Stein, D.R. Owen, J.N. Webster, G.O. Fiddler, S.R. Mori, and D.L. Wood. Verbenone-releasing flakes protect individual Pinus contorta trees from attack by Dendroctonus ponderosae and Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 8: 243-251.

2005 Owen, D.R., D.L. Wood, and J.R. Parmeter, Jr. Association between Dendroctonus valens and blackstain root disease on ponderosa pine in the Sierra Nevada of California. Can. Entomol. 137(3): 367-375.

2005 McPherson, B.A., S.R. Mori, D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, P. Svihra, N.M. Kelly, and R.B. Standiford. Sudden oak death in California: Disease progression in oaks and tanoaks. For. Ecol. and Management 213: 71-89.

2005 Erbilgin, N., A.J. Storer, D.L. Wood, and T.R. Gordon. Colonization of cut branches of five coniferous hosts of the pitch canker fungus by Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in central, coastal California. Can. Entomol. 137(3): 337-349.

2004. Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, and T. R. Gordon. Twig beetles, Pityophthorus spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), as vectors of the pitch canker pathogen in California. Can. Entomol. 136(5):685-693.

2004. Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood and T.R. Gordon. Could biological control of wilding pines increase the potential for damage by the pitch canker pathogen? In: Managing wilding conifers in New Zealand: Present and future. Proceedings of a workshop held in conjunction with the annual conference of the New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Chateau on the Park, Christchurch, August 2003, (R.L. Hill, S.M. Zydenbos and C.M. Bezar eds). New Zealand Plant Protection Society, pp. 97-112.

2003. McPherson, B.A., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, N.M. Kelly, and R.B. Standiford. Sudden oak death, a new forest disease in California. Integrated Pest Management Reviews 6:243-246.

2003 Aegerter, B.J., T.R. Gordon, A.J. Storer, and D.L. Wood. Pitch Canker: A Technical Review. University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 21616, pp. 1-13.

2003. McNee, W.R., P. Bonello, D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, and T.R. Gordon. Feeding response of Ips paraconfusus (Coleoptera: Scolytidate) to metabolites and intact phloem of Heterobasidion – infected ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa. J. Chem. Ecol. 29(5):1183-1202.

2003. Bonello, P., A.J. Storer, W.R. McNee, T.R. Gordon, D.L. Wood, and W. Heller. Systemic effects of Heterobasidion annosum (Basidiomycotina) infection on the phenolic metabolism of ponderosa pine and the feeding behavior of Ips paraconfusus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). J. Chem Ecol. 29(5):1167-1182.

2003. Wikler, K., A.J. Storer, W. Newman, T.R. Gordon, and D.L. Wood. The dynamics of an introduced pathogen in a native Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) forest. Forest Ecology and Management 179: 209-221.

2003. Wood, D.L., and A.J. Storer. Forest Habitats: In Encyclopedia of Insects. V.H. Resh and R.T. Cardé (eds.). Academic Press, NY, pp. 442-454.

2003. Wood, D.L., T.W. Koerber, R.F. Scharpf, and A.J. Storer. “Pests of the Native California Conifers”, Univ. of Calif. Press, 304 pp. (211 color photographs).

2002. Wood, D.L. and A.J. Storer. Bark beetles infesting California’s conifers. Fremontia 30(3-4):19-25.

2002. McPherson, D. M. Rizzo, M. Garbelotto, P. Svihra, D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer, N. M. Kelly, N. Palkovsky, S. A. Tjosvold, R. B. Standiford and S. T. Koike. Sudden Oak Death in California. Pest Notes, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 7498, April 2002, pp. 1-5.

2002. McPherson, B. A., D. L. Wood, Storer, A. J., Kelly, N. M., and Standiford, R. B. 2001. Sudden Oak Death: Disease Trends in Marin County Plots after One Year. In: Standiford, Richard B.; McCreary, Douglas; Purcell, Kathryn L., technical coordinators. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on oak woodlands: oak woodlands in California's changing landscape. 2001 October 22-25; San Diego, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-184. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

2002. Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, and T.R. Gordon. Effects of the pitch canker fungus on gallery excavation and oviposition by Ips paraconfusus (Coleoptera: Scolytidate). Can. Entomol. 134(4):519-528.

2002. Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, and T.R. Gordon. The epidemiology of pitch canker of Monterey pine in California. Forest Science, 48(4):694-700.

2001. McNee, W.R., D.L. Wood, A.J. Storer, and T.R. Gordon. Incidence of the pitch canker pathogen and associated insects in intact and chipped Monterey pine branches, Fusarium circinatum. Can. Entomol. 134(1):47-58.

2001. Wood, D.L. Invasion of North America by exotic species: Is there hope for the future? Present and future pathways. In: Boreal Odyssey: Proceedings of the North American Forest Insect Work Conference. W.J.A. Volmey, J.R. Spence, and E.M. Lefebrre (eds.). Information Report NOR-X-381. Can. Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Canada, pp. 3-4, 9-11.

2001. Storer, A. J., D. L. Wood, T. R. Gordon, and W. J. Libby. Restoring native Monterey pine forests in the presence of an exotic pathogen. J. Forestry 99(5):14-18.

2001. Gordon, T.R., A.J. Storer, and D.L. Wood. The pitch canker epidemic in California. Plant Disease, 85:1128-1139.

2001. Bonello, P., W. R. McNee, A. J. Storer, D. L. Wood, and T. R. Gordon. Role of olfactory stimuli in host location by twig beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Ecol. Entomology 26(1):8-15.

2000. McPherson, B., R. B. Standiford, P. Gong, M. Kelley, D. Wood, A. Storer, T. Gordon, P. Svihra, and S. Tjosvold. Unexplained mortality of tanoaks and coast live oaks in California. Proc. 51st Ann. Mtg., Western Forest Insect Work Conference, pp. 36-37.

2000. Wood, D. L. Insect/Pathogen/Tree Interactions - Where Do We Go From Here? "An Overview of Western Regional Research Project W-110 and W-187. Proc. 51st Ann. Mtg., Western Forest Insect Work Conference, pp. 33-36.

2000. McPherson, B. A., D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer, P. Svirha, D. M. Rizzo, N. M. Kelly, and R. B. Standiford. Oak Mortality Syndrome: Sudden Death of Oaks and Tanoaks. Tree Notes: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Number 26, 6 pp.

2000. Dallara, P. L., S. J. Seybold, H. Meyer, W. Francke, and D. L. Wood. Semiochemicals from three species of Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in California: Identification and field response. Can. Entomol. 132(6):889-906.

2000. McNee, W. R., D. L. Wood, A. J. Storer. Pre-emergence feeding in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Environ. Entomol. 29:495-501.