Moricca, Salvatore <br/><br/>
Forest Pathology and Entomology 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2021 
 - 1 electronic resource (301 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The 22 papers that make up this Special Issue deal with pathogen and pest impact on forest health, from the diagnosis to the surveillance of causative agents, from the study of parasites’ biological, epidemiological, and ecological traits to their correct taxonomy and classification, and from disease and pest monitoring to sustainable control strategies. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>books978-3-0365-2658-4 9783036526591 9783036526584 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-0365-2658-4  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Research & information: general<br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Forestry & related industries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>plant destroyers disease diagnosis RxLR-dEER soil-borne pathogen exclusivity inclusivity Phlebiopsis gigantea EF1α introns exons phylogenesis non-host attack post-epidemic facilitation endemic population strategies leaf baiting rDNA ITS regions soil water ITS clades Mediterranean vegetation ecology soil inhabitants aquatic species biodiversity bark beetles symbionts species assemblage beta diversity forest ecosystems Thaumetopoea pityocampa seasonal flight activity sexual pheromone traps Pinus sylvestris forest insect pest population suppression leaf litter forest management arthropods Norway spruce Heterobasidion root rot primary infection secondary infection first rotation forest afforestation Asian gypsy moth Lymantria dispar invasive species forest pests natural enemies aggregation pheromones pest management Mediterranean pine forests Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis post-invasion conditions insect traps prism trap Fraxinus americana DNA-based diagnostics LAMP Dothistroma needle blight ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ species 16Sr group/subgroups PCR yellows diseases witches’ broom phloem discoloration die-back phytoplasma strains etiology eucalyptus little-leaf disease incidence Anoplophora chinensis temperature survival reproduction fecundity biocontrol bioinsecticide entomopathogen microbial ecosystem basidiospores conidia Heterobasidion spp. spore dispersal susceptibility wood discs Dothistroma septosporum Mycosphaerella pini loop-mediated isothermal amplification molecular diagnostics field-portable diagnostics Pinus nigra subsp. laricio forest health protection forest conservation Biscogniauxia mediterranea oak decline dieback Site of Community Importance (S.I.C.) tree competition warming conditions Diplodia tip blight Pinus densiflora plant diversity Sphaeropsis sapinea stand type vertical structure layer Heterobasidion carpophores fauna Tullgren funnels forest insects forest diseases diagnostics mitigation options citizen science fungi insects diagnosis surveillance disease and pest management