“…Weevil‐resistant hybrid spruce (Kiss & Yanchuk, ) and Sitka spruce (King & Alfaro, ; King, Alfaro, Lopez, & Akker, ) genotypes have been discovered and are being used in tree breeding programmes that focus on forest health. The identification of resistant genotypes has served as a unique foundation to unravel the complex weevil–host interactions on the genomic, molecular, biochemical, and mechanistic levels (Byun‐McKay et al, ; Byun‐McKay et al, ; Hamberger, Ohnishi, Hamberger, Séguin, & Bohlmann, ; Keeling & Bohlmann, ; King, Alfaro, & Cartwright, ; King, Yanchuk, Kiss, & Alfaro, ; Kiss & Yanchuk, ; Miller, Madilao, Ralph, & Bohlmann, ; Moreira, Alfaro, & King, ; Nault, Manville, & Sahota, ; Porth et al, ; Porth, Hamberger, White, & Ritland, ; Porth, White, Jaquish, & Ritland, ; Ralph, Yueh, et al ; Robert et al, ; Robert & Bohlmann, ; Whitehill et al, ; Whitehill et al, ; Whitehill, Henderson, Strong, Jaquish, & Bohlmann, ).…”