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Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy |ISSN: 2332-0877 | Volume 6
June 25-26, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
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International Conference on
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International Conference on
Infection, Disease Control and Prevention
Microbial Pathogenesis & Infectious Diseases
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Molecular mechanism of low temperature-induced lifespan extension in pine wood nematode
(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
Wang Bowen
Northeast Forestry University, China
A
s one of the most dangerous invasive species in the world, Pine Wood Nematode
(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
is the
causal agent of pine wilt disease which causes enormous ecological and financial losses by damaging the pine forest
resources in Asia, North America and Europe. It has been reported that pine wood nematode has infested to the area where
climate is relatively cold, and infestation area will continue expensing to colder regions of Asian and Europe. Our hypothesis
is that low temperature-induced lifespan extension is not a passive thermodynamic process but an active one which can be
promoted by genetic programs at low temperature. To decipher the low temperature induced lifespan extension in pine wood
nematode, my group studied the molecular mechanism of this phenomenon. The results shows that the cold induced lifespan
extension is regulated by several genetic pathways including cGMP pathway. This study provided new ideas for the control of
this devastating plant parasite nematode.
Biography
Wang Bowen is a Ph.D. candidate in Northeast Forestry University School of Forestry, China. He took a successive postgraduate and doctoral program in
September 2015, doing research in molecular mechanism of anti-adversity ability of plant parasite nematode. He has published more than 10 papers in academic
journals and has been one of the most excellent Ph.D. candidate in Northeast Forestry University.
834742898@qq.comWang Bowen, J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C2-041