Bursaphelenchus sinensis

Bursaphelenchus sinensis	Contents	Rev 12/21/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Rhabditida
Tylenchina
Aphelenchoidea
Aphelenchoididae; Bursaphelenchinae; Bursaphelenchinae
Bursaphelenchus sinensis Marinari Palmisano, Ambrogioni, Tomiczek & Brandstetter, 2004

Morphology and Anatomy:

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Male:	Female: .
	Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Usually reported from packing material and dead wood.

Economic Importance:

Considered saprophytic on fungi growing on dead wood and non-pathogenic to Pinus densiflora (Han and Kim, 2019)

Feeding:

Can be cultured on fungi. Feeds and reproduces readily on Botrytis cinerea (Han and Kim, 2019)

Hosts:

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

Marinari Palmisano, A., Ambrogioni, L., Tomiczek, C., and Brandstetter, M. 2004. Bursaphelenchus sinensis sp. n. and B. thailandae Braasch et Braasch - Bidasak in packaging wood from China. Nematologia Mediterranea 32:57-65.

Han, H. and Kim. H. 2019. First Report of Bursaphelenchus sinensis on Pinus densiflora in South Korea. Plant Disease 104:596.