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An update on the status and management of the Sirex woodwasp in South Africa

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Abstract

The woodwasp Sirex noctilio was first detected in South Africa in 1994. By 2009, it had spread to most of the pine-growing provinces in the country, and it continues to move northwards to the remaining pine areas and toward Zimbabwe. In the summer rainfall area of South Africa, S. noctilio has caused serious losses.

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Citation

Hurley, Brett P.; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J. 2011. An update on the status and management of the Sirex woodwasp in South Africa. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 31.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/37540