Infestation of pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings with the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Steiner and Buhrer (Nickle) through wood sawdust

Key message

There are various pathways for infesting pine trees with the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. As a result of the experiment, we determined that sawdust infested with the nematode can pose a phytosanitary risk. Nematodes actively moved from infested sawdust into root or stem damaged pine seedlings.

Keywords
Pine wilt disease; Non-vector spread; Scots pine; Stem; Root; Soil

Publication
Arbuzova, E.N., Kulinich, O.A., Chalkin, A.A. et al. Infestation of pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings with the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Steiner and Buhrer (Nickle) through wood sawdust. Annals of Forest Science 80, 6 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01174-y

Data and/or Code availability
The datasets generated during and analyzed during the current study are available in the Zenodo repository, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7248148

Guest Handling Editor
Christelle Robinet

Topical Collection
This article is part of the Topical Collection “Advances in the understanding of the pine wilt disease and in its management strategy

 

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