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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 factors help to determine whether infected host trees will die or survive. As well, biotic and abiotic environmental factors influence the fate of infected trees. This book describes the history of the disease, pathogenic nematodes, vector beetles, the etiology and ecology of the disease, microorganisms involved, and control methods that utilize host resistance and biological control agents. Concrete, comprehensive, and the most up-to-date knowledge about this worldwide forest epidemic is presented for readers, enabling them to understand the nature and epidemic threat of pine wilt disease.
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Historical Overview
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Pine Wood Nematode
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The Vector Beetle
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pine Wilt Disease
Editors: Bo Guang Zhao, Kazuyoshi Futai, Jack R. Sutherland, Yuko Takeuchi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-75655-2
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-75654-5Published: 16 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-99838-9Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-75655-2Published: 27 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 459
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forestry, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Forestry Management, Microbiology, Applied Ecology