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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Nematode survival in the single failed sample at 58 °C target temperature

From: Lethal temperature for pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in infested wood using radio frequency (RF) energy

Sapwood sample location

Nematode survival 6 days after treatment

Nematode survival 21 days after treatment

1

3

47

2

13

46

3

32

67

4

0

119

5

0

70

  1. The lowest temperature recorded in the sample (based on IR images, see Fig. 8a) was 36.7 °C