Pine wilt disease and the pinewood nematode: a threat to Mediterranean pine forests.

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the pinewood nematode (PWN), is the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD). It was detected for the first time in Europe in 1999, in declining maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) in Portugal. The PWN has been detected in new pine (P. pinaster) forest areas in the center of th...

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Main Author: Mota, Manuel (author)
Other Authors: Ribeiro, Bruno (author), Carrasquinho, Isabel (author), Ribeiro, P. (author), Evaristo, I. (author), Costa, R. (author), Vieira, Paulo (author), Vasconcelos, Marta (author)
Format: lecture
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Pinus
Portugal
quarantine pathogens
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4446
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/4446

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