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    School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

    School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

    Jiri Hulcr

    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 helps foresters, agencies, and the international community to navigate the overlap between insects, forests, biosecurity, and the climate. For current Extension projects, please see Pitchtube.org. For tree pest diagnostics and management recommendations, please consult the Southern Tree Health Diagnostics Facebook Group.

    • Research Interests

      Jiri and his UF Forest Lab study the interactions between forest insects, fungi, trees, and ultimately people. With a focus on invasive species, molecular biology and extension, the team maintains the world’s largest collection of cryo-preserved bark and ambrosia beetles.

    FOREST RESOURCES & CONSERVATION

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

    hulcr@ufl.edu
    (352) 273-0299

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    • 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

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