EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE-HUMIDITY AND TIME ON SURVIVAL OF PINEWOOD NEMATODES IN WOOD CHIPS

Authors
PANESAR TS PEET FG SUTHERLAND JR SAHOTA TS
Citation
Ts. Panesar et al., EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE-HUMIDITY AND TIME ON SURVIVAL OF PINEWOOD NEMATODES IN WOOD CHIPS, European journal of forest pathology, 24(5), 1994, pp. 287-299
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Forestry
Journal title
European journal of forest pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03001237
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
287 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-1237(1994)24:5<287:EOTRAT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The survival of two Canadian isolates of the pinewood nematode, Bursap helenchus xylophilus, in coniferous wood chips under different tempera tures, relative humidities and time intervals was investigated in vitr o. The nature of the survival mechanism was examined and it was shown that the nematode's prolonged survival in the chips depended on its di speral third larval stage. The possibility of PWN-infested wood chips spreading PWN-induced pine-wilt disease to forests is discussed.