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The Ecology and Biological Control of the Woodwasp Sirex noctilio in Patagonia, Argentina

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The woodwasp Sirex noctilio has become the most important forest pest affecting pine plantations in Argentina. Sirex was first detected in the northeastern provinces in 1985, and it has spread from there throughout most of the commercial pine plantations of the country causing great losses and tree mortality. In 1993, S. noctilio and its parasitoid Ibalia leucospoides became established in the Western Andean Patagonia, near the city of San Carlos de Bariloche (Patagonia, Argentina). A management program that includes trap trees for early detection, thinning and biological control with the parasitic nematode Deladenus (=Beddingia) siricidicola and the entomophagous parasitoid I. leucospoides has since been developed. An overview of the research carried out to date regarding Sirex management in Patagonia is presented and discussed.

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Acknowledgements

Research presented in this review was partially funded by grants Proyecto Nacional Forestal PNFOR 2212 (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria), Proyecto de Investigacion Aplicada (PIA) 13/97, PIA 09/98 and PIA 03/04. Secretaria de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (SAGPyA) and PNFOR MIP de Forestales (INTA 2006–2009). We thank SENASA (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Animal) and Servicio Forestal Andino from Bariloche, province of Rio Negro for their support.

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  1. Campo Forestal General San Martín, EEA INTA Bariloche, C.C. 26, 8430, El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina

    Paula Klasmer

  2. Insectario Investigaciones Lucha Biológica, IMYZA. CICVyA. INTA, 1712, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Eduardo Botto

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Klasmer, P., Botto, E. (2012). The Ecology and Biological Control of the Woodwasp Sirex noctilio in Patagonia, Argentina. In: Slippers, B., de Groot, P., Wingfield, M. (eds) The Sirex Woodwasp and its Fungal Symbiont:. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1960-6_15

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