Low temperature extends lifespan of pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) through cGMP pathway

Joint Conference on 6^th Annual Conference on Microbiology & Annual Conference on Microbes and Beneficial Microbes

October 16-17, 2017 Baltimore, USA

Wang Bowen

Northeast Forestry University, China

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Med Microb Diagn

Abstract :

As 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 cold-dependent 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 PhD candidate in Northeast Forestry University School of Forestry, China. He took a successive Post-graduate and Doctoral program in September 2015 and 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 PhD candidate in Northeast Forestry University.