Pine Wilt Disease - Zhao, Bo Guang; Futai, Kazuyoshi; Sutherland, Jack R.; Takeuchi, Yuko.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Historical Overview -- Pine Wilt in Japan: From First Incidence to the Present -- A Brief Overview of the Pine Wood Nematode and Pine Wilt Disease in Canada and the United States -- Pine Wilt Disease in China -- Pine Wilt Disease in Korea -- Pine Wilt Disease in Portugal -- Concluding Remarks -- Pine Wood Nematode -- Taxonomy and Systematics of the Nematode Genus Bursaphelenchus (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) -- Parasitism Genes of the Pine Wood Nematode -- Embryology and Cytology of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus -- Population Ecology of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus -- Transmission Biology of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in Relation to Its Insect Vector -- Concluding Remarks -- The Vector Beetle -- Vector-Host Tree Relationships and the Abiotic Environment -- Vector-Nematode Relationships and Epidemiology in Pine Wilt Disease -- Molecular Ecology of Vectors -- Concluding Remarks -- Host Responses and Wilting Mechanisms -- Physiological Incidences Related to Symptom Development and Wilting Mechanism -- Biochemical Responses in Pine Trees Affected by Pine Wilt Disease -- Host Fate Following Infection by the Pine Wood Nematode -- The Role of Bacteria Associated with the Pine Wood Nematode in Pathogenicity and Toxin-Production Related to Pine Wilt -- Concluding Remarks -- Related Microbes -- Bacteria Carried by the Pine Wood Nematode and Their Symbiotic Relationship with the Nematode -- Nematode Fauna and Fungal Flora in Infected Pine Trees -- Interactions of Pine Wood Nematodes, Wood-Inhabiting Fungi, and Vector Beetles -- Concluding Remarks -- Management of Pine Wilt Disease -- Integrated Pest Management of Pine Wilt Disease in Japan: Tactics and Strategies -- Recent Advances in the Integrated Management of the Pine Wood Nematode in China -- Breeding for Resistance to Pine Wilt Disease -- Biological Control of the Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle, Monochamus alternatus -- Potential of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Controlling the Japanese Pine Sawyer, Monochamus alternatus -- Concluding Remarks.
Keywords: Forestry; Entomology; Plant pathology; Forestry management; Microbiology; Applied ecology; Forestry; Entomology; Plant Pathology; Forestry Management; Microbiology; Applied Ecology