Monochamol is a male-produced aggregation pheromone of the Monochamus species, which are vectors of the pine wood nematode (PWN). This nematode is a fatal devastating pest, infecting pinewood trees and is one of the serious forest pest in Korea. The nematicidal activity of synthetic monochamol and its homologues (ROEtOH: R = C7-C13) were determinated to potential alternatives to the currently used PWN control agents. In this study, for elucidation of the lethal mechanism induced by monochamol, we performed Transcriptome analysis by next-generation sequencing (RNA-seq) from LC50 treated PWN and are characterizing some significant genes which were differentially expressed in PWN.

• Ung Gyu Lee(Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pest, National Institute of Forest Science)
• Changuk Han(Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pest, National Institute of Forest Science)
• Junheon Kim(Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pest, National Institute of Forest Science)