Insects associated with maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, in Portugal were collected and screened for the presence of Bursaphelenchus species. Nematodes were identified using Internal Transcribed Spacers-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (ITS-RFLP) analysis of dauer juveniles and morphological identification of adults that developed from dauer juveniles on fungal cultures or on cultures in pine wood segment...
Pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, was first reported for Portugal (and Europe) in 1999. The importance of this discovery and economic impact are discussed. Details on the ongoing research of the nematode and its vector, Monochamus galloprovincialis, are provided, and are mainly on the morphology and molecular biology of the nematode and the bioecology of the vector and its relationship with B. xyl...
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