History of pine wilt disease in Japan
Pine wilt disease induced by the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a great threat to pine forests in Japan. The first occurrence of the disease was reported in Nagasaki, Kyushu. During the 1930s the disease occurrence was extended in 12 prefectures, and in the 1940s the disease was f...
| Publié dans: | Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 20(1988), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 219-26 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Langue: | English |
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1988
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| Accès à la collection: | Journal of nematology |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Monochamus alternatus epidemiology pine sawyer pinewood nematode |
| Résumé: | Pine wilt disease induced by the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a great threat to pine forests in Japan. The first occurrence of the disease was reported in Nagasaki, Kyushu. During the 1930s the disease occurrence was extended in 12 prefectures, and in the 1940s the disease was found in 34 prefectures. The annual loss of pine trees increased from 30,000 m(3) to 1.2 million m(3) during these two decades. The enormous increase in timber loss in the 1970s resulted in 2.4 million m(3) of annual loss in 1979. The affected area expanded into 45 prefectures of 47 prefectures in Japan. In cool areas the disease differs in epidemiology from that in heavily infested areas in the warm regions. A national project for controlling pine wilt disease lays special emphasis on the healthy pine forests predominating throughout cool areas in northern Japan |
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| Description: | Date Completed 14.07.2011 Date Revised 10.03.2022 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0022-300X |