Description
Forest Microbiology: Tree Diseases and Pests, Volume Three in the Forest Microbiology series, provides an overview of major disease agents of trees, including viruses, phytoplasma, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and major insect pests. With a strong emphasis on genetics, biochemistry, physiology, evolutionary biology and population dynamics of the organisms involved, this book provides a comprehensive understanding on the health of forests. Sections cover important pest threats such as bark beetles, emerald ash borer, coffee borers, leaf cutting ants, cocoa mirids, and more. This volume highlights a range of emerging diseases of forest trees in temperate and tropic regions as well as information on habitats.Forest trees play crucial roles not only for mitigating effects of the climate change but also for their considerable economic and ecological value. Forest trees are equally vital as an alternative bioenergy source and play important roles in pollution abatement and the maintenance of biodiversity. Timber and its associated products from forest trees contribute substantially to the revenue generation of many countries of the world.- Includes case studies of complex diseases of economically important trees- Highlights novel approaches to managing tree pests and diseases in a changing climate- Focuses on the many functions of microbial disease agents of trees- Addresses major insect pests of boreal, temperate and tropical trees
Table of Contents
Part I: Forest and Tree Resilience 1. Forest resources and sustainable management 2. Anatomical, chemical, and molecular defenses of forest treesPart II: Viruses, Phytoplasma, and other complex diseases 3. Viral diseases of trees 4. Phytoplasma diseases of trees 5. Witch's broom diseasePart III: Bacteria Diseases of Trees 6. Bacterial diseases (including blight, wilt, galls, wetwood, scorch and canker)Part IV. Nematode diseases of trees 7. Nematode diseases of trees 8. Beech leaf disease caused by nematodesPart V: Insects and other pests of forest trees 9. Insect pests of boreal and temperate forest trees 10. Coffee pests 11. Eucalyptus pests 12. Vertebrate herbivore browsing and impact on forest productionPart VI: Complex diseases of economically important trees (case examples) 13. Dynamics of disease complex of cashew trees 14. Cocoa disease complex 15. Eucalyptus diseases 16. Oil palm tree diseases 17. Acacia tree diseases 18. Disease of rubber trees 19. Diseases of Bamboo trees 20. Diseases of conifer trees
