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The invasive redbay ambrosia beetle,  Xyleborus glabratus , is the primary vector of  Raffaelea lauricola , a symbiotic fungus and the etiologic agent of laurel wilt. This lethal disease has caused severe mortality of redbay ( Persea borbonia ) and swampbay ( P. palustris ) trees in the southeastern USA, threatens avocado ( P. americana ) production in Florida, and has potential to impact additional New World species. To date, all North American hosts of  X. glabratus  and suscepts of laurel wilt are members of the family Lauraceae. This comparative study combined field tests and laboratory bioassays to evaluate attraction and boring preferences of female  X. glabratus  using freshly-cut bolts from nine species of Lauraceae: avocado (one cultivar of each botanical race), redbay, swampbay, silkbay ( Persea humilis ), California bay laurel ( Umbellularia californica ), sassafras ( Sassafras albidum ), northern spicebush ( Lindera benzoin ), camphor tree ( Cinnamomum camphora ), and lancewood ( Nectandra coriacea ). In addition, volatile collections and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) were conducted to quantify terpenoid emissions from test bolts, and electroantennography (EAG) was performed to measure olfactory responses of  X. glabratus  to terpenoids identified by GC-MS. Significant differences were observed among treatments in both field and laboratory tests. Silkbay and camphor tree attracted the highest numbers of the beetle in the field, and lancewood and spicebush the lowest, whereas boring activity was greatest on silkbay, bay laurel, swampbay, and redbay, and lowest on lancewood, spicebush, and camphor tree. The Guatemalan cultivar of avocado was more attractive than those of the other races, but boring response among the three was equivalent. The results suggest that camphor tree may contain a chemical deterrent to boring, and that different cues are associated with host location and host acceptance. Emissions of α-cubebene, α-copaene, α-humulene, and calamenene were positively correlated with attraction, and EAG analyses confirmed chemoreception of terpenoids by antennal receptors of  X. glabratus .

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North American Lauraceae: Terpenoid Emissions, Relative Attraction and Boring Preferences of Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)