Irene Barnes

F. B., I.Barnes, H. F.Nahrung, K. N. E.Fitza, and B.Slippers. 2026. “A Century of Invasion: How Biosecurity Influenced Populations of Sirex noctilio and Its Fungal Symbiont in Australasia.” Molecular Ecology35, no. 6: e70311. Eshetu, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70311. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement A representative mitochondrial haplotype of the mtCOI sequence of S. noctilio and the mtSSU ribosomal RNA gene sequence of A.

1 INTRODUCTION Species of Elsinoe (orthographic variant: Elsinoë), residing in the Elsinoaceae, Myriangiales, represent a group of highly aggressive and widely distributed plant pathogens. The genus was first erected at the end of the 19th century (Raciborski, 1900), based on the type species E. canavaliae, collected from sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) in Java, Indonesia.

Introduction Forests are exposed to several biotic and abiotic stressors that affect their health. However, our capacity to predict the outcome of such interactions is still limited. Understanding how different pathogens interact with each other has received little attention. Earlier theoretical frameworks and studies to understand how different biotic and abiotic agents interact with each other have mainly focused on predicting tree death (Manion 1981, Oliva et al. 2014).