Pine Wood Nematode and Pine Wilt

9/14/09- In this segment host Kim Toscano is joined by OSU Statewide Extension Specialist Dr. Damon Smith, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology in Turfgrass and Horticultural Crops, and Jen Olson, Plant Disease Diagnostician for OSU’s Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostics Laboratory to take a look at a very serious disease of pines called pine wilt.

[@MARKJI-c2l]

Hello, sir. Our team has developed a treatment method for pine wood nematodes and we hope to communicate with you about it.

[@chickenfarm09]

so basically in this country we can't plant exotic species of pines?

[@austinclaycomb7068]

Non -native pines usually have higher mortality rate. Like scotch and Austrian especially