?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.249000&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Pasture+Mealybug+(Heliococcus+summervillei)+host+range%2C+microbiome+and+endosymbiont+cophylogeny&rft.creator=Hernandez-Europa%2C+Ynna&rft.subject=Heliococcus+summervillei&rft.subject=pasture+mealybug&rft.subject=Candidatus+Tremblaya+phenacola&rft.subject=endosymbiont&rft.subject=cophylogeny&rft.subject=biogeography&rft.subject=pasture+dieback&rft.subject=microbiome&rft.subject=host+range&rft.subject=16S+rRNA&rft.description=Pasture+dieback+is+a+devastating+grass+condition+that+has+caused+an+estimated+AU%242+billion+of+damage+to+the+Queensland+grazing+industry+and+is+now+conclusively+associated+with+the+pasture+mealybug%2C+Heliococcus+summervillei.+This+research+aims+to+fill+the+gap+in+the+literature+on+the+biology+of+the+pasture+mealybug+(of+which+there+are+few+publications)+and+may+better+inform+strategies+for+long-term+mealybug+management+in+pasture+grasses.+Notably%2C+this+work+presents+a+grass+screening+test+that+quantifies+relative+susceptibility+to+mealybugs%2Fdieback+and+provides+evidence+that+supports+the+emergence+of+a+new%2C+hypervirulent+mealybug+variant.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2024-01-15&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F249000%2F1%2FYnna%252BHernandez-Europa%252BThesis%25282%2529.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.249000&rft.relation=Hernandez-Europa%2C+Ynna+(2024)+Pasture+Mealybug+(Heliococcus+summervillei)+host+range%2C+microbiome+and+endosymbiont+cophylogeny.+Master+of+Philosophy+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F249000%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Science%3B+School+of+Biology+%26+Environmental+Science