01510naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024500930007926000090017230000170018152009280019865000240112665000150115065000190116570000160118477301280120013126202025-08-01       2005    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aBEDDING, R. A.  aApplication of beddingia siricidicola for sirex woodwasp control.h[electronic resource]  c2005  ap . 385-399.  aThe use of the nematode Beddingia (Deladenus 1) siricidicola is now recognized as the most important means of controlling Sirex noctilio, a serious pest threatening nearly 8 million ha of pine plantations in the southern hemisphere (Iede et al., 2000; Carnegie et al., 2003). S. noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), originally from Europe, is the only one of some 40 species of woodwasp found throughout the world that can kill relatively healthy pine trees. The tree species most susceptible to sirex, Pinus radiata, P. taeda, P. elliottii and P. patula, all of which originated from North America, were long ago adopted for major plantations in Australia, now with 1 million ha; New Zealand, 1.8 million ha; Brazil, 2.2 million ha; Chile, 1.5 million ha; Argentina, 0.3 million ha; Uruguay, 0.1 million ha; and South Africa, 0.7 million ha (Iede et al., 2000; Wood et al., 2001; M. Wingfield, 2003, personal communication).  aControle Biológico  aNematóide  aSirex Noctilio1 aIEDE, E. T.  tIn: GREWAL, P. S.; EHLERS, R. -U.; SHAPIRO-ILAN, D. I. (Ed.). Nematodes as biocontrol agents. Wallingford: CABI Publ, 2005.