Research Article

Stability Analysis and Optimal Control Strategy for Prevention of Pine Wilt Disease

Table 1

Parameters used for numerical simulation.

NotationParameter descriptionEstimated value Ref.

The recruitment rate of the host pine population 0.009041 day−1Assumed
A constant emergence rate of the vector pine sawyer beetle 0.002691 day−1Assumed
The natural death rate of host population 0.0000301 day−1[22]
The natural death rate of vector population 0.011764 day−1[23]
The rate in which infected beetles transmit nematode by contact 0.00166 day−1[24]
The rate in which infected beetles transmit nematode by oviposition 0.0004 day−1[24]
The rate in which the adult beetles have pinewood nematode when it escapes from dead trees0.00305 day−1[25]
The number of contacts during maturation feeding period 0.2 day[26]
The number of contacts during the oviposition period 0.41 day−1Assumed
The probability in which susceptible host pine is not infectious by nematode and ceases oleoresin exudation naturally 0.0000301 day−1Assumed