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Forest Resistance to Insect Pests

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 March 2024) | Viewed by 1637

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Prof. Dr. Valentyna Meshkova

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Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Physiology, Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Interests: forest entomology; seasonal development of insects; insect population dynamics; habitat preferences; alien forest insects; climate change; forest protection
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Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Holuša

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Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16501 Praha, Czech Republic
Interests: conservation biology; forest ecology; invasive species; IPM; sawflies; pathogens of bark beetles
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Dr. Mihai-Leonard Duduman

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Forestry Faculty, ”Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Universității Street 13, 720229 Suceava, Romania
Interests: integrated forest management; forest health; forest protection; forest ecology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The harmfulness of bark and wood-boring insects depends on their ability to colonize healthy trees, weaken them by maturation feeding, transfer pathogens, and on the shape and depth of galleries. The harmfulness of defoliators depends on their feeding rate and the duration of the feeding period. However, each phytophagous insect may be a pest in one stand or region and not a pest in another. It depends on the climate; tree species composition and canopy structure; and phenological asynchrony between herbivorous insects, host trees, and entomophags. Forest resistance to insects also depends on the genetic traits and initial health condition of trees, as well as their response to other natural and anthropogenic disturbances. This Special Issue welcomes novel research focused on various aspects of pest–forest interactions, host tree and forest stand resistance, and tolerance to insect damage.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • physical, chemical, constitutive, and inducible tree defenses;
  • host and habitat preferences;
  • resistance of tree clones and hybrids;
  • phenological resistance;
  • the role of tree resistance in insect invasions and tree introductions.

Prof. Dr. Valentyna Meshkova
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Holuša
Dr. Mihai-Leonard Duduman
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Keywords

  • phytophagous forest insects
  • pest injuriousness
  • host and habitat preferences
  • tree tolerance
  • risks of insect damage

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Possible Factors of Poplar Susceptibility to Large Poplar Borer Infestation
by Valentyna Meshkova, Kateryna Zhupinska, Oleksandr Borysenko, Olga Zinchenko, Yuriy Skrylnyk and Natalia Vysotska
Forests 2024, 15(5), 882; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15050882 - 19 May 2024
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Poplars (Populus spp.) are of significant ecological and economic importance. Long-term breeding efforts were aimed mainly at obtaining fast-growing and productive plants and less considered resistance to pests. This study aimed to identify patterns of susceptibility or resistance to Saperda carcharias (Linnaeus, [...] Read more.
Poplars (Populus spp.) are of significant ecological and economic importance. Long-term breeding efforts were aimed mainly at obtaining fast-growing and productive plants and less considered resistance to pests. This study aimed to identify patterns of susceptibility or resistance to Saperda carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) infestation among clones of Populus hybrids and pure species, focusing on the influence of their placement, seasonal development, stem diameter, height increment, and crossing combinations. Among 34 clones of poplar species and hybrids of Ukrainian and foreign selection, in 2019–2023 S. carcharias infested 14 clones every year. Six clones (‘Ivantiivska’, ‘Kytaiska × pyramidalna’, ‘Volosystoplidna’, ‘Novoberlinska-3’, ‘Robusta’, and ‘Lada’) were the most susceptible to the infestation by S. carcharias. The clones of all presented poplar sections and their crossing combinations, except the Tacamahaca and Leucoides cross, were infested. Greater height increment promoted the infestation by S. carcharias. Ambiguous results were obtained regarding the susceptibility of Populus hybrids compared to pure species to S. carcharias infestations. Considering infestation by S. carcharias and plant placement in the site, it can be concluded that the clones ‘Sakrau45-51’, ‘Deltopodibna’, ‘Rosijska’, ‘Slava Ukrayiny’, ‘Lubenska’, ‘Rohanska’, and ‘Nocturne’ are resistant to this pest. Selecting native species clones or creating mixed clone plantations could enhance the resilience of poplar plantations to pest threats. Full article
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Response of Cryptomeria japonica to Feeding Stress of Dendrolimus houi Lajonquière Larvae
by Yuwen Que, Weiwei Xie, Xinyuan Fang, Han Xu, Shuting Ye, Shanqun Wu, Yican Zheng, Xiaochun Lin, Feiping Zhang and Guanghong Liang
Forests 2024, 15(1), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15010085 - 31 Dec 2023
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The Japanese fir, Cryptomeria japonica, is ecologically and commercially vital in China. However, infestations by Dendrolimus houi Lajonquière larvae cause widespread dieback, mimicking mechanical damage effects, with unclear differential impacts and mechanisms. To address this, 6th instar larvae of D. houi were [...] Read more.
The Japanese fir, Cryptomeria japonica, is ecologically and commercially vital in China. However, infestations by Dendrolimus houi Lajonquière larvae cause widespread dieback, mimicking mechanical damage effects, with unclear differential impacts and mechanisms. To address this, 6th instar larvae of D. houi were introduced to three-year-old C. japonica seedlings to induce pest infestation, while mechanical damage and non-infested pests were controlled. Then, next-generation sequencing techniques were employed, and transcriptome sequencing was conducted to analyze the distinct damage mechanisms responding to C. japonica. This study revealed 10,412 DEGs between pest infestation and controls and 5535 DEGs comparing pest infestation to mechanical damage. Functional enrichment analysis highlighted the involvement of these DEGs in crucial processes such as photosynthesis, amino acid and nucleotide metabolism, flavonoid biosynthesis, and plant hormone signaling pathways. In particular, 786 unique DEGs were discerned in pest-infested samples. Key enriched pathways, such as pyruvate and propionate metabolism, were pinpointed, with flavonoid biosynthesis potentially closely linked to pest-feeding inductions. These findings provided valuable insights into the molecular responses of C. japonica to D. houi infestation, laying the foundation for future research aimed at developing pest-resistant varieties of Japanese fir. Full article
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