Symposium "PWD2020": IUFRO International Symposium on the Pinewood Nematode (22-26 November 2021 - videoconference)

The pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a microscopic worm that can cause pine trees to wither in just a few weeks. It is native to North America, where it does not cause major damage. In contrast, it was introduced to Asia: Japan (detected in 1905), China (detected in 1982), South Korea (detected in 1988) and Taiwan (detected in 1995). It spread quickly and caused considerable damage. Several million trees died in Japan and China.

More recently, the pinewood nematode was detected in Portugal in 1999. Despite the measures taken to eradicate and contain the nematode, it has spread over a large part of Portugal. Outbreaks have occurred in Spain since 2008 and on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 2009. The scientific community has been very interested in this nematode, the insect that carries and disseminates it in Europe, Monochamus galloprovincialis, as well as the susceptibility of pines. As our knowledge advances, there are still many unknowns, and at the present time no measures are found to stop this spread.

We have organized an international remote symposium on pinewood nematode in 2021. This symposium follows on from the symposia held in Portugal in 2006, China in 2009, Germany in 2013 and South Korea in 2016, which usually brought together 100-200 researchers. These symposia are organized within the framework of IUFRO (International Union of Forestry Research Institutes), a global network dedicated to forest research. This symposium will disseminate the latest findings from international research on the pinewood nematode.

For more information:  https://symposium.inra.fr/pwd2020

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Conferences and seminars "Le Studium"

Conferences
"Species spread in a warmer and globalized world"
18-20 octobre 2017 - Dr Mauro SIMONATO & Dr Jérôme ROUSSELET

Seminars
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7 septembre 2017 - Dr Mauro SIMONATO

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