Pine Wilt Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhao, Bo Guang (Editor), Futai, Kazuyoshi (Editor), Sutherland, Jack R. (Editor), Takeuchi, Yuko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Applied ecology.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Microbiology.; Plant pathology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Forestry Management.; Applied Ecology.

Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is being spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones. Among the host pines there are varying degrees of susceptibility, and nematode strains also contain a variety of virulences, both of which fa...