(Andong=Yonhap News) Gyeongbuk Province announced on the 23rd that it conducted video training on the pine wood nematode disease history management system for approximately 500 on-site workers to efficiently monitor and control the disease.
The system, introduced and operated by the Korea Forest Service in 2020, attaches QR code tape to infected and suspected trees from the monitoring stage and subsequently registers infection diagnosis results and control information. It allows real-time confirmation and tracking of dead tree damage and control history.
Following the end of the pine wood nematode disease control period in the first half of this year, the province plans to strengthen its 'triple monitoring system' using helicopters, drones, and ground surveillance starting this month, and expand precision drone control to reduce the density of pine wood nematode vector insects such as the Japanese pine sawyer and the northern pine sawyer.