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Laboratory tests on the elimination of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) in Pinus pinaster wood by high pressure

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The efficacy of high pressure processing, a non-thermal phytosanitary treatment, to eliminate Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in Pinus pinaster wood was evaluated. Infected wood sections and chips were exposed to high pressure processing for 5 min at 5, 15 and 30 MPa. Live nematodes were observed in wood sections and chips treated at 5 and 15 MPa but at 30 MPa no nematodes were detected. The results revealed that high pressure processing was successful in eliminating B. xylophilus from wood materials.

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  1. IMAR-CMA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, P-3004 517, Coimbra, Portugal

    L. Fonseca & I. Abrantes

  2. QOPNA, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, P-3810 193, Aveiro, Portugal

    M. D. Santos, R. P. Queirós & J. A. Saraiva

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Fonseca, L., Santos, M.D., Queirós, R.P. et al. Laboratory tests on the elimination of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) in Pinus pinaster wood by high pressure. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 72, 825–827 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-014-0836-2

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