EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 07 - 1988 Num. article: 1988/07

Interception of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus from Canada


B. xylophilus, the pine wood nematode, was detected in October 1988 at Stockholm Airport, Sweden, in an air freight cargo of wood chips originating from British Columbia, Canada.



Sources

National Board of Agriculture, Plant Protection Service, Jönköping, Sweden.