Introduction; Pine Wilt in Japan: From First Incidence to the Present; A Brief Overview of the Pine Wood Nematode and Pine Wilt Disease in Canada and the United States; Pine Wilt Disease in China; Pine Wilt Disease in Korea; Pine Wilt Disease in Portugal; Concluding Remarks; Introduction; Taxonomy and Systematics of the Nematode Genus Bursaphelenchus (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae); Parasitism Genes of the Pine Wood Nematode; Embryology and Cytology of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Population Ecology of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Summary
Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones. This book describes the history of the disease, pathogenic nematodes, vector beetles, the etiology and ecology of the disease, microorganisms involved and control methods
