Taean County, all-out battle against pine wood nematode disease control

This year, over 2.6 billion won was invested, with initiatives including tree injections and the removal of dead trees. If infected, most will die within three months, necessitating continuous surveillance and control. Taean County invested a total of over 2.6 billion won this year to carry out the "2025 Pine Wood Nematode Control Project" across the county, with tree injections and the removal of dead trees as the main activities. The pine wood nematode typically parasitizes on the bodies of vectors such as the northern longhorn beetle and enters the trunk through wounds caused when the vector feeds on young tree branches. Once infected, most trees will wither and die within three months, with no possibility of recovery, making continuous surveillance and preventive control very important. In the Taean region, it first occurred in Anmyeon-eup in 2014, and a total of 2,887 trees have been recorded as damaged by the nematode over the past five years. Including trees suspected of ...