**About the Editors**

### **Salvatore Moricca**

Salvatore Moricca, PhD, is Professor of Plant Pathology at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment, and Forestry of the University of Florence. He was formerly a research scientist at the CNR (National Research Council) of Italy. The main emphasis of his research is on the biology and epidemiology of fungal pathogens in forests, nurseries, and agricultural systems. His research also explores the ecology and role of alien fungal and oomycete pathogens in natural ecosystems. He uses conventional and molecular methods for plant disease diagnosis as well as to address central aspects of pathogens' life-history strategies. He is an editorial board member of *Plant Pathology* (for 15 years now), F*rontiers in Microbiology* and *Italian Journal of Mycology*. He is a member of many scientific societies including the American Phytopathological Society and the British Society for Plant Pathology. He is currently the coordinator of the IUFRO Unit 7.02.05—Rusts of Forest Trees. He was an expert evaluator for research proposals submitted to the EU and other international funding organizations and agencies. He authored more than 200 scientific publications, six textbooks for Plant Pathology and Forest Pathology classes, and 15 international book chapters. He attended many international congresses, also acting as principal organizer or chairperson. He was a visiting scientist at several international research Institutions and a visiting professor at the San Paulo State University, Brazil.

### **Tiziana Panzavolta**

Tiziana Panzavolta is Associated Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry of the University of Florence, with teaching experience in alien pest management and forest zoology and entomology. Her research interests involve: 1) invasive alien pests—monitoring of the western conifer seed bug; biology and damage of the oriental chestnut gall wasp; monitoring of *Pityophthorus juglandis*, vector of *Geosmithia morbida*, causal agent of the thousand cankers disease of Juglans; 2) native forest pests—biology and monitoring of bark beetles; 3) ornamental tree pests—biology and damages of the horse chestnut leaf miner and of the oak leaf *Phylloxera*; 3) multitrophic interactions—role of pine terpenes in host selection and oviposition of the pine processionary moth and its egg parasitoids; effects of pine monoterpenes and insect pheromones on predators of saproxylic insects; interactions between phytophagous insects and plant pathogenic fungi; 4) insect pest management with eco-friendly pest control methods—use of pine monoterpenes and insect pheromones in capture traps, or on logs in bark beetles control programs; use of entomopathogenic nematodes and sexual disorientation against chestnut pests. She has published more than 90 scientific papers and has attended, also as a speaker, several national and international conferences.
