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.