Report on the survey for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and the occurrence of other Bursaphelenchus species in Hungarian coniferous forests

2013/04/01 by Á. Tóth, M. Elekes, Mariann Elekes
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Nematode management and characterization studies

paper · doi:10.1111/epp.12012

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Abstract

An ongoing official survey to detect the pine wood nematode B ursaphelenchus xylophilus , a quarantine pest, started in 2003 in coniferous forests in H ungary. Based on the results of the study from 2003–11, B . xylophilus has not yet been detected in H ungary. Two other B ursaphelenchus species ( B . mucronatus and B . vallesianus ) were identified in samples in 2009. Details of the survey and the measurements of B . mucronatus and B . vallesianus are provided.

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