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First report on Bursaphelenchus sexdentati (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in Israel |
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| Authors: | O Slonim P Bucki Z Mendel A Protasov O Golan P Vieira S Braun‐Miyara |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Entomology, Nematology and Chemistry Units, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel;2. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel;3. Forest Health Unit, Department of Forest, KKL, Eshtaol, Israel;4. Laboratory of Nematologia/ICAAM ‐ Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterranicas, Universidade de évora, évora, Portugal |
| Abstract: | This is the first report and characterization of Bursaphelenchus sexdentati and the first official report of the presence of the genus Bursaphelenchus in Israel. This species was isolated from Orthotomicus erosus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) found on Pinus halepensis in the Judean foothills in Israel. Nematodes collected from insect galleries were reared on fungal cultures and identified based on morphological diagnostic characters for the genus Bursaphelenchus. Sequencing analyses of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region, small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) of ribosomal DNA confirmed the identification of this nematode species collected from wood and directly from the insect body. |
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