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Pine wilt disease: a short review of worldwide research

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This article summarizes the results of the research papers presented at the International Symposium on pine wilt disease (IUFRO Working Party Meeting 4.04.03) held in July 2009, at Nanjing, China. The general topics covered were on pine wilt disease (PWD), its causal organism, the pinewood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, plus other PWN-associated microorganisms that play a significant role in PWD such as bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas fluorescens). Most of the papers that are reviewed are based on work on PWD-PWN in East Asia and Russia. Specific topics covered include: 1) the fundamental conceptions of PWD development, 2) pathogenicity, 3) host-parasite relationships including the histopathology of diseased conifers and the role of toxins from bacteria-nematode ecto-symbionts, 4) PWN life cycle and transmission, 5) B. xylophilus dissemination models, 6) associations (with other nematodes), 7) diagnostics, 8) quarantine and control of the PWN and 9) biocontrol of the PWN.

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  1. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment, 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    Alexander Yu. Ryss

  2. Centre of Parasitology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    Oleg A. Kulinich

  3. Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 5V9, Canada

    Jack R. Sutherland

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Ryss, A.Y., Kulinich, O.A. & Sutherland, J.R. Pine wilt disease: a short review of worldwide research. For. Stud. China 13, 132–138 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11632-011-0205-8

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