Pine wilt disease (PWD) is unquestionably a major threat to forest ecosystems worldwide. After seriously affecting Eastern Asian countries, the challenge is now in Europe, following its detection in Portugal in 1999 and its subsequent spread. For foresters, these were really very bad news and, in order for adequate action to be taken, scientists had to teach politicians about the seriousness of the problem. That is never an easy task, but it was successfully done at that time, mainly by the continued effort of Professor Manuel Mota. The challenge of having political decisions based on good science is fundamental for the success of any program, but especially in dif?cult situations such as those arising by the introduction of harmful organisms in new ecosystems. The success of the dialogue between science and policy requires intelligent partners from each side, which is not always necessarily the case... Examples of lack of recognition of problems raised by science are unfortunately abundant throughout the history of science. The recent recognition of the efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore with the - bel Prize, and the continued failure in taking appropriate actions by major political players is a dramatic modern example of the dif?culty of this dialogue...
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"This volume . focused on a variety of topics relevant to PWD, including the threat to forest ecosystems, a summary of the current state of PWD research and insights into future scientific developments. . the coverage of this book is comprehensive, each chapter providing an interesting and authoritative account of the current developments in PWD research. . this is a useful, reasonably up-to-date and competently executed volume that justifies a niche on the shelf of all those involved in the PWD arena." (David J. Hunt, Nematology, Vol. 11 (2), 2009)
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978-1-4020-8455-3 (9781402084553)
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10.1007/978-1-4020-8455-3
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Pine Wilt Disease: Global Issues, Trade and Economic Impact.- National Eradication Programme for the Pinewood Nematode.- Incursion Management in the Face of Multiple Uncertainties: A Case Study of an Unidentified Nematode Associated with Dying Pines Near Melbourne, Australia.- The Risk of Pine Wilt Disease to Australia and New Zealand.- Pine Wilt Disease: A Threat to Pine Forests in Turkey?.- Investigations on Wood-Inhabiting Nematodes of the Genus Bursaphelenchus in Pine Forests in the Brandenburg Province, Germany.- Official Survey for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Carried out on the Territory of the Republic of Poland.- Bursaphelenchus spp. in Wood Packaging Intercepted in China.- Biology and Microbial Inter-Relationships.- Developmental Biology and Cytogenetics of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.- The Relationship Between the Pinewood Nematode (PWN) and Fungi Cohabiting in aine Trees Inoculated with the PWN.- Influence of Fungi on Multiplication and Distribution of the Pinewood Nematode.- PWN Taxonomy and Detection Methods.- Electronic Taxonomic Databases for Bursaphelenchus and Other Aphelenchid Nematodes.- The Enlargement of the xylophilus Group in the Genus Bursaphelenchus.- Variation in ITS and 28S rDNA of Bursaphelenchus Species (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae).- Molecular Characterization of Isolates of the Bursaphelenchus sexdentati Group Using Ribosomal DNA Sequences and ITS-RFLP.- Analysis of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) Provenances Using ISSR and RAPD Fingerprints.- Satellite DNA as a Versatile Genetic Marker for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.- Application of Conventional PCR and Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Methods for Detection of the PineWood Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in Wood Samples from Lodgepole Pine.- The InsectVectors: Biology and Ecology.- Biology Studies Relevant to the Vector Role of Monochamus Species for PineWood Nematode.- Potential Insect Vectors of Bursaphelenchus spp. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) in Spanish Pine Forests.- Genetic Structure of Monochamus alternatus in Japan.- Distribution of Nematodes (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) in the Beetle Monochamus alternatus and its Exiting Transmission Way.- Ecology and Modeling.- Modeling PWN-Induced Wilt Expression: A Mechanistic Approach.- Field Diagnosis of the Asymptomatic Carrier of Pinewood Nematode.- The Tree: Physiology, Resistance and Histopathology as a Result of Pine Wilt Disease.- Inoculation of Pine Trees with Avirulent Pinewood Nematode Under Experimental Conditions: Risk-Benefit Analysis.- Rapidity of Disease Development Seems to Result in High Mortality - Insight from an Inoculation Test Using Hybridized Populations Between a Virulent and an Avirulent Isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.- Defense Systems of Pinus densiflora Cultivars Selected as Resistant to Pine Wilt Disease.- Histopathological Observations of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in Symptomatic Tissues of Pinewood.- Development of External and Internal Symptoms in Pine Seedlings (Pinus sylvestris) Due to Inoculation with Bursaphelenchus vallesianus.- Pinewood Nematode and Insect Vector Control Methods.- Screening and Isolation of Anti-Nematodal Metabolites Against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Produced by Fungi and Plant.- Microbial Control of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus by Fungi.- Attraction Trap for Monitoring Monochamus alternatus Adults - Its Usefulness and Limitations.- Studies on Scleroderma guani to Control the Pine Sawyer Beetle, Monochamus alternatus.- Effect of Aerial Spraying of Insecticide as a Control Measure for Pine WiltDisease.- Control Program of Pine Wilt Disease for Landscape Conservation - The Case of Amanohashidate, Kyoto, Japan.
