title: Interspecific communication between pinewood nematode, its insect vector, and associated microbes.
abstract: Pine wilt disease (PWD) is perhaps the most serious threat to pine forests worldwide. The causative agent of PWD, the pinewood nematode (PWN), engages in a symbiotic partnership with its insect vector, the Monochamus beetle, as well as associated bacteria and ophiostomatoid fungi, in order to successfully infect and kill its host pine tree. This review focuses on the interspecific communication between PWN and its associated partners, and the potential role of this communication in promoting pathogenicity and invasiveness of PWN. We describe the chemical and molecular signals positively influencing the survival, reproduction, and spread of PWN. Knowledge of these signals could potentially be used to interfere with the proliferation and dispersal of PWN.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lilin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal; Laboratório de Nematologia/INIAV, Qtª Marquês, Oeiras, Portugal.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.affiliation: ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Évora, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. Electronic address: butcher@chem.ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Butcher
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China. Electronic address: sunjh@ioz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jianghua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009348:Nematoda / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D028223:Pinus / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Monochamus; associated microbes; invasive species; ophiostomatoid fungi; pine wilt disease