Agrotermos

Preferred term

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

The pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970, an A2 quarantine organism according to the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) is the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD) and is a major pathogen of conifers, which has negative impacts on forest health, natural ecosystem stability and on international wood trade. Species belonging to the genus Pinus are the main PWN host.

Bursaphelenchus

Created
1990-03-16T00:00:00Z
void:inDataset
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
Notation
30996
Bursaphelenchus lignicolus

English

Created

1994-01-19T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

33632

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Created

1990-03-16T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

30996

Bursaphelenchus lignicolus
Created

2025-12-19T10:34:03

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

63d3ed63

pinewood nematodes

French

Created

1994-01-19T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

33632

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Created

1990-03-16T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

30996

Bursaphelenchus lignicolus

Portuguese

Created

1994-01-19T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

33632

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Created

1990-03-16T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

30996

Bursaphelenchus lignicolus

Portuguese (Brazil)

Created

1994-01-19T00:00:00Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

33632

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33632

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