Integrated Management and Innovative Practices for Invasive Tree Pathogens

Dear Colleagues,

Forest ecosystems throughout the world are increasingly affected by changing climate, international trade and transport systems. Growing global trade has facilitated the introduction of numerous new tree pathogens into new regions.  The focus in a lot of forest research is on modern mechanisms for prevention and management of potential invasions of forest pathogens as well as mitigating the impact of invasive pathogens within forest ecosystems.

Less knowledge is available on the biological and chemical control of invasive pathogens. The prevention and control of new invasions is a promising tool to improve forest health in the face of increased climate warming. The emergence of a new invasive forest pathogen appears to demand resources for developing countermeasures, such as breeding resistance programs, development of fungicide, and biocontrol agents. Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce and synthesize the information that illustrates the impacts of invasions of tree pathogens, their biology, forest management, control measures and their interactions, as well as methods to predict, assess and mitigate these impacts.

This Special Issue welcomes studies that consider the recent advances in the development of different measures to prevent the entry and expansion of invasive forest pathogens including their biology, monitoring, epidemiology, ecology, diagnostics, and disease management and control. Thus, this Special Issue promotes the dissemination of knowledge in forest protection for the preservation of diversity and resilience of forest ecosystems. Studies conducted in forests and laboratories, as well as theoretical approaches and literature reviews, are of interest. We encourage studies from broad research topics related to invasive forest pathogens.

Dr. Kateryna Davydenko
Dr. Ari M. Hietala
Guest Editors

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