Prevention and Management of Tree Diseases
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Emerging Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 21241
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest pathology; molecular ecology; invasive plant pathogens; fungal epidemiology; forest decline
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Interests: mycology; plant pathology; forest pathology; biodiversity
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Dear Colleagues,
Emergent infectious tree diseases are caused by non-native pathogens on native hosts, by native pathogens on planted exotic hosts, or by native pathogens on native hosts as a result of novel host–pathogen disequilibrium caused by climate change or by other types of anthropogenic pressures. Independent of their cause, emergent tree diseases are of significant concern due to their negative effects on the productivity, biodiversity, and ecosystem services that healthy trees can provide in forests, commercial plantations, or urban settings.
Costs to control emergent tree diseases are often prohibitive due to the scale and location of affected systems; hence, there is a pressing need to optimize tree disease management strategies by adopting novel, integrated, and sustainable disease control measures. This Special Issue focuses on the management of infectious emergent diseases of trees caused by a wide range of pathogens, including viruses, phytoplasmas, bacteria, fungi, fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes), parasitic plants, and nematodes. We encourage the submission of studies regarding science-based tree disease management approaches such as pathogen avoidance/exclusion or eradication, and pathogen control approaches employing host resistance, silvicultural strategies, and biological/chemical protection or therapies. Particularly welcome are studies in which the efficacy of any of the approaches mentioned above have been not only designed but also tested in the field. Papers assessing the efficacy of biological control agents or chemical compounds only in vitro will generally not be considered, unless they bring new ideas or develop new analytical methods. Papers reporting disease control or the enhancement of health status of trees in association with the plant microbiome are particularly sought. Likewise, the identification of host resistance using modern approaches is of particular interest. Finally, conceptual and theoretical papers dealing with integrated disease management approaches are also welcome, as long as they are realistic and cost-effective.
Prof. Dr. Paolo Gonthier
Prof. Dr. Matteo Garbelotto
Guest Editors
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