Transmission of the Pinewood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, to Slash Pine Trees and Log Bolts by a Cerambycid Beetle, Monochamus titillator, in Florida

Field-collected adults of the southern pine sawyer, Monochamus titillator (F.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), naturally infested with fourth-stage juveniles (dauerlarvae) of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970, were maturation fed on excised shoots...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 16(1984), 1 vom: 16. Jan., Seite 37-40
1. Verfasser: Luzzi, M A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wilkinson, R C, Tarjan, A C
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1984
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of nematology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Monochamus titillator Pinus elliottii maturation-feeding oviposition
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Zusammenfassung:Field-collected adults of the southern pine sawyer, Monochamus titillator (F.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), naturally infested with fourth-stage juveniles (dauerlarvae) of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970, were maturation fed on excised shoots of typical slash pine, Pinus elliottii Engelm. var elliottii, for 21 days. During August 1981, a male and female adult beetle were held in a sleeve cage placed on the terminal of a side branch of each of seven replicate, healthy 10-year-old slash pine trees. All seven branch terminals showed evidence of beetle feeding on the bark after 1 week, and pinewood nematodes were present in wood samples taken near these feeding sites. Four of the seven trees showed wilt symptoms in 4-6 weeks and died about 9 weeks after beetle feeding. Pinewood nematodes were recovered from the roots and trunks of the dead trees. Each of seven replicate slash pine log bolts was enclosed in a jar with a pair of the same beetles used in the sleeve cages. After 1 week, wood underlying beetle oviposition sites in the bark of all replicate log bolts was infested with the pinewood nematode
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.07.2011
Date Revised 20.10.2021
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0022-300X