Influence of the Pine Wood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus lignicolus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae), on Longevity of Its Vector, Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Abstract

It has been known that the adult Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus HOPE, transmits the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus lignicolus MAMIYA et KIYOHARA, which carries a bacterium (Pseudomonus sp.) causing a rapid wilting disease of pine trees. The present experiment proved that the longevity of adult sawyer became shorter as the number of carried nematodes increased. © 1982, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. All rights reserved.