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School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Jiri Hulcr

Associate Professor, Forest Entomology

Jiri Hulcr joined FFGS in 2012 and is jointly appointed with the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department.

  • Extension Programs

    Jiri's team is developing on-line interactive resources for wood boring beetles: ambrosiasymbiosis.org/

    They provide forest pest diagnostics and management recommendations: Southern Tree Health Diagnostics Facebook Group

  • Research Interests

    Jiri has developed a set of molecular approaches to explore the communities of ambrosia fungi and bacteria using the next generation sequencing.

    He maintains a cryo-preserved collection of ambrosia beetles, their fungal and bacterial symbionts, and other ecologically or phylogenetically relevant fungi (over 100,000 samples).

FOREST RESOURCES & CONSERVATION

361 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410

hulcr@ufl.edu
(352) 273-0299

  • Education

    • PhD, Michigan State University, 2009
    • PhD, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2008

  • Publications

    • Hulcr, J., Barnes, I., De Beer, Z. W., Duong, T. A., Gazis, R., Johnson, J. J., Jusino, M. A., Kasson, M. T., Li, Y., Lynch, S., Mayers, C., Musvuugwa, T., Roets, F., Seltmann, K. C., Six, D., Vanderpool, D., Villari. C. (2020) Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis. Symbiosis 81, 101–113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00686-9
    • Hulcr, J., Gomez, D. F., Skelton, J., Johnson, A. J., Adams, S., Li, Y., Jusino, M. A., Smith, M. E. (2021) Invasion of an inconspicuous ambrosia beetle and fungus may affect wood decay in Southeastern North America. Biological Invasions, in press.
    • Johnson, A. J., Hulcr, J., Knížek, M., Atkinson, T. H., Mandelshtam, M. Y. Smith, S. M., Cognato, A. I., Park, S. Li, Y., Jordal, B. H. (2020) Revision of the bark beetle genera within the former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(3) 1-81
    • Huang, Y., Skelton, J. & Hulcr, J. Lipids and small metabolites provisioned by ambrosia fungi to symbiotic beetles are phylogeny-dependent, not convergent (2020) ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0593-7
    • Skelton, J., Johnson, A. J., Jusino, M. A., Bateman, C., Hulcr, J. (2019) A selective fungal transport organ (mycangium) maintains coarse phylogenetic congruence between fungus-farming ambrosia beetles and their symbionts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286 (1894)
    • Hulcr, J., Stelinski, L. L. (2017) THE AMBROSIA SYMBIOSIS: From Evolutionary Ecology to Practical Management. Annual Reviews of Entomology, 62: 285–303.
    • Hulcr, J., Dunn, R. (2011). The sudden emergence of pathogenicity in insect-fungus symbioses threatens naïve forest ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 2866-2873