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[Problem] To provide a control agent and a control method for pine wilt that have a low environmental impact, superior safety characteristics in regards to wildlife, and are highly effective in the control of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle, and Monochamus alternatus Hope. [Solution] Provided are a control agent for pine wilt, a control agent for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle, and a control agent Monochamus alternatus Hope, that contain an extract from a plant of the Bidens genus in the family Asteraceae as an active component. Also provided is a control method for pine wilt that includes the application of the control agents to one or more among: plants of the genus Pinus; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle; or Monochamus alternatus Hope. |