Professor Emeritus, Professor the Graduate School
Ph.D.  
  

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.

Our lab is conducting investigations in the following areas:

1) The influence of root disease-induced changes in tree physiology on insect behavior. (with Professors T. R. Gordon, UC Davis, and P. Bonello, Ohio State U.,and A.J.Sorer, Michigan Technological University.
2) Fungal metabolites that affect subterranean termite feeding behavior. (with Professors T. R. Gordon, UC Davis and K. Slessor, Simon Fraser University).
3) The impact of native bark beetles Ips spp. Pityophthorus spp. and Conophthorus radiatae (Coleoptera:Scolytidae), on Monterey Pine in the presence of the non-native pathogenic fungus, Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini. (with Professors T. R. Gordon, UC Davis and A.J. Storer, Michigan Technical U.).
4) The relative susceptibilities of low elevation pine species, i.e. P. contorta contorta, P. muricata, P. attenuata, P. ponderosae, P. radiata, P. sabiniana, P. monophylla and Pseudotsuga menziescii to F. s. pini applied directly and indirectly via known bark beetle vectors. (with Professors T.R .Gordon, UC Davis and A. J. Storer , MTU)
5) Pheromones of the twig beetles, Pityophthorus spp., vectors of the pitch canker pathogen. (with Professor W. Franke, Hamburg University and S. J. Seybold, U, S. Forest Service, Berkeley).
6) The antiattractant effect of verbenone and methyl chavicol on the response of Ips paraconfusus to its aggregation pheromone.( with Professor A. J. Storer, MTU and S. J. Seybold, U. S. Forest Service. Berkeley).
7) The economics of pitch canker disease in Monterey pine and other susceptible tree species. (with Professors T.R.Gordon, UC Davis, P.Berck, UCB, S. R. Templeton, Clemson U.).
8) Sudden Oak Death: 1) progression of symptoms; 2) impact on oak woodlands; and 3) the role of insects (with Dr. R. B.Standiford, Dr. N. M. Kelly, Dr. M. Garbelotto and P. Svihra UCCE, and Professors D. M. Rizzo, UCD and A. J. Storer, MTU).
9) Influence of fire and mechanical treatments on insects and diseases of the mixed conifer forests of the western Sierra Nevada (with Professors S. Stephens, UCB and A.J. Storer, MTU).

Wood, D.L., and A.J. Storer. 2002. Forest Habitats: Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press, NY. In Press.

Storer, A.J., D.L. Wood, and T.R. Gordon. 2002. The epidemiology of pitch canker of Monterey pine in California. Forest Science. In Press.

Wood, D.L., T.W. Koerber, R.F. Scharpf, and A.J. Storer. 2002. Pests of the Native California Conifers. Univ. Calif. Press. In Press.

Storer, A. J., D.l. Wood, and T. R. Gordon. 2002. The effects of the pitch canker fungus on gallery development and progeny production by Ips paraconfusus(Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Can. Entomol. In Press.

McNee, W. R., D.L.Wood, A.J. Storer, and T. R. Gordon. 2002. Insect and pathogen survival in intact and chipped Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, branches infected with the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. Can Entomol. 134:47-58.

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

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

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

Storer, A., D.Wood, and T.Gordon 1999. Epidemiology of pitch canker disease in California. In: Current and Future Impacts of Pitch Canker in Radiata Pine. M.Devey, C.Matheson, and T.Gordon (eds.). Tech. Rpt. No. 112. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Kingston, Australia. pp.30-32.

Storer, A., D.Wood, and T.Gordon. 1999 Insect vectors of Fusarium circinatum in California, and their potential for the spread of pitch and canker disease. In: Current and Future Impacts of Pitch Canker in Radiata Pine. M.Devey, C.Matheson, and T.Gordon (eds.) Tech. Rpt. No. 112. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Kingston, Australia; pp.45-48.

Storer, A.J., P.Bonello, D.L.Wood, and T.R.Gordon. 1999 Bark beetle genetics research in the bark beetle/pitch canker/pine system. In: Proceedings of a workshop on Bark Beetle Genetics: Current Status of Research. J.L. Hayes and K.F. Raff (eds.) Gen. Tech. Rpt. PNW-GTR-466. USDA, A Forest Service, Pacific NW Res. Sta. Pp. 37-40.

Storer, A.J., D.L.Wood, and T.R.Gordon. 1999 Modification of co-evolved insect-plant interactions by an exotic plant pathogen. Ecol. Ent. 24:238-243.

Suoja, S.B., V.R. Lewis, D.L.Wood, and M.Wilson.1999 Comparisons of single and group bioassays on attraction and arrestment of Reticulitermes sp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to selected cellulosic materials. Sociobiol. 33(2):125-135.

Gordon, T.R., A.J.Storer, D.Okamoto, and D.L.Wood. 1998 Susceptibility of five landscape pines to pitch canker, caused by Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini. J.Hort.Sci. 33(5):868-871.

Storer, A.J., D.L.Wood, K.R.Wikler, and T.R.Gordon. 1998 Association between a native spittlebug (Homoptera: Cercopidae) on monterey pine and an introduced tree pathogen which causes pitch disease. Can Entomol. 130:783-792.