Project description:This study compared the different gene expression of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in two growth conditions (growing on Botrytis cinerea and inoculating Pinus thunbergii). The goal was to analyze the specifically-expressed genes of the pine wood nematode involved in the early interaction between B. xylophilus and P. thunbergii and screen the pathogenesis related genes of B. xylophilus.