Biological Control of Forest Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Prospects
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 968
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological control of forest pests; insect functional genomics; microbial ecology
Interests: biological control of forest insect pests; new natural enemy resources
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological control, as one of the important means to control forest pest damage, is a technology that uses entomopathogenic microorganisms, natural enemies or other biological metabolites to prevent and control the occurrence of pests and reduce the degree of damage, with the advantages of green safety and long-term effectiveness. Forest trees have a long growth cycle, and forest pests are mostly hidden in tree trunks for a long time. Pathogenic fungus, pathogenic bacteria, parasitic wasps and other beneficial organisms can all be used to prevent and control forest pests to varying degrees. Currently, genetic engineering tools are widely used, functional genomics technologies are becoming more mature, and many new natural enemies are being discovered, all of which are expected to be applied in the biological control of forest pests. Therefore, the research on biological control models, mechanisms and prospects of forestry pests can provide key theoretical support for practical production applications and new methods for the biological control of forestry pests.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Forest pest biological control models;
- Molecular pathogenesis of forest pests;
- Prospects for biological control of forest pests;
- Different models of biological control of forest pests;
- Biological control of forest pests by genetic means.
Dr. Songqing Wu
Dr. Ke Wei
Prof. Dr. Xiong Guan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological control
- natural enemy insect
- pathogenic microorganism
- biological properties
- pathogenic mechanisms
