Management of pine wilt disease in Korea through preventative silvicultural control

▶ Preventative clear-cutting of neighboring asymptomatic pine trees. ▶ Removal of felled logs or branches. ▶ Through silvicultural control, PWD was successfully suppressed in 11 of 16 districts investigated. ▶ In contrast, successful control was achieved in only 1 among 18 districts subjected to conventional control.