In order to prevent the spreading of pine wilt disease in forests of the world, wood packing of coniferous wood from Japan to China and EU countries is to be treated to kill pine wood nematodes. An experiment was carried out to elucidate the effects of vacuum and pressure treatment with wood preservatives on nematode mortality, following the previous study. Infested sawn timber (Pinus densiflora), naturally dried, was impregnated with an aqueous solution of 0.6% CuAz (copper-boron-azole) active ingredients or with 1.6% DDAC (didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) active ingredient or with tap water. Numbers of the pine wood nematodes (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) in treated timber were measured at 1, 2, and 5 weeks after the impregnation of preservatives. Mortality of the nematodes reached 100% in 5 weeks after the treatment with DDAC. However the treatment with CuAz did not kill the nematodes completely. Different effects by DDAC and CuAz were probably due to penetration properties of these preservatives. Pressure impregnation of tap water did not show any effects on mortality of the nematodes. Full penetration of preservatives into the sapwood of timber is important to kill the pine wood nematodes completely.
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