Tree Care in 2020, the International Year of Plant Health
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 7825
Special Issue Editor
Interests: trees fitness; forest pathology; amenity trees pathology; host-parasite relationships; epidemiology; pest risk analysis and management; tree care
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH)—a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to raise global awareness on the importance of plant health.
This Special Issue is dedicated to news and innovations related to both forests and forest tree fitness and health from a socio-ecological perspective.
The main topics are: pest risk assessment and management, the trade of plants and plants parts, soil ecology including fertility and root symbioses, alien pests and parasites, integrated pest management, genetic selection, statistics and forecasting models, and biosecurity including citizen science.
Papers on new survey protocols, diagnostics, epidemiology, and environmentally friendly control methods are welcome.
Dr. Lucio Montecchio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- trees health
- tree care
- phytopathology
- entomology
- biosecurity
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