Diseases of Forests and Urban Trees Transmitted by Insects
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 June 2023) | Viewed by 1921
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Interests: forest pests; biological control; population dynamics of pests; integrated pest management; phoretic mites; arboriculture
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Interests: forest entomology
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Dear Colleagues,
When it comes to forest trees, the general principles, where insects are secondary pests and vector pathogens kill trees, are well documented, with tree-infecting fungi and bark beetles as their vectors being the most researched and best understood, e.g., Dutch elm disease caused by the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi. However, there are still many gaps in knowledge regarding, for example, many ophiostomatoid species or novel occurring bacterial diseases. Little is known about their pathogenicity, especially if they are transferred to new environments. Besides research gaps, environmental changes have also been raising increasingly more questions regarding this topic. Some insects, which have never been considered to be significant pests, can now reach outbreak levels in forest stands. There is also still a lack of knowledge about the influence of climate change considering the occurrence of novel insect vectors on polymicrobial complexes. The investigation and identification of novel associations of insect pests and tree diseases have never been more prevailing matters.
This Special Issue aims to gather the most up-to-date knowledge concerning different pest species, of which some vector-specific pathogens (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and phytoplasma) cause severe damage to trees and forest sites, as well as urban trees. We invite colleagues from all over the world to submit their research and contribute their observations of known pathogens vectored to novel host tree species, or novel insect vectors of known pathogens. We welcome papers in the form of experimental or observational studies as well as theoretical or literature compilations.
Dr. Milan Pernek
Dr. Marta Kovač
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest pests and diseases
- phoresy
- insect vectoring
- fungi
- viruses
- bacteria
- phytoplasma
- bark beetles
- ambrosia beetles
- Ophiostomatales
- Microascales
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