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Management & Economics

A study on the establishment of control strategies based on the damage type of pine wilt disease
Cham Kim1
,
Dong-Hyeon Lee2*
,
Bum-Jin Park2
1Korea Forest Engineer Institute, Daejeon 35209, Korea
2Department of Forest Environment and Resources, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
*Corresponding Author
1 June 2026. pp. 169-181
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Abstract

Although South Korea has been making great efforts to make pine wilt disease damage “manageable level”, most local governments of the country are implementing pine wilt disease control (hereinafter referred to as ‘the control’) without establishing control strategies, basic plans, and basic designs. As a result, failure to properly estimate the amount of damage at the beginning of the control period caused cases in which the amount of damage exceeding the given budget could not be covered, and proper control and management methods for the damaged area were not applied, resulting in inefficient uses in the control budget. In this study, 26 previously established control strategies, basic plans, and basic design reports were analyzed to unify the terms and concepts of the affected areas designated by similar concepts into intensive control areas, general control areas, group damage areas, areas of concern for spread. And the purpose of control was divided into prevention of spread of damage and reduction of damage, and the priority of control was set accordingly. In addition, damage types were classified into minor, light, medium, severe, extreme areas and unaffected areas according to the degree of damage. Special damage areas were further classified into landscape sensitive areas, coastal forests and islands, damaged areas connected to adjacent cities and counties, forest fire-damaged areas, areas where control is not implemented, and protected areas such as cultural properties. And control and management methods suitable for each type were summarized and presented. As a result, it is intended to make it easier for local officials to apply the method to establish a control strategy suitable for the damage status without ordering services using experts.

Keywords
control priority
control strategy
damage type
management method
pine wilt disease
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  • Publisher :Institute of Agricultural Science, Chungnam National University
  • Publisher(Ko) :충남대학교 농업과학연구소
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
  • Journal Title(Ko) :농업과학연구
  • Volume : 53
  • No :2
  • Pages :169-181
  • Received Date : 2026-01-20
  • Revised Date : 2026-03-28
  • Accepted Date : 2026-03-30
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7744/kjoas.530206
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