Instant Insights: Understanding and tackling pests and diseases of forest trees (Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights, 130) - Softcover

Authors, Various; Ramsfield, Tod; Lewis, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1835456588 ISBN 13: 9781835456583

Verlag: Burleigh Dodds - IPSUK, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on understanding and tackling the major pests and diseases affecting forest trees.

The first chapter uses a case study approach to describe how various forest pathogens affect trees and introduces strategies to reduce damage caused by forest pathogens in managed stands. The chapter introduces parasitic flowering plants, rust pathogens, diseases caused by Phytophthora spp., as well as abiotic disease.

The second chapter reviews the range of pathogens in tropical forests, from root, stem and wilt diseases, to foliage pathogens, nematodes, algae and parasitic plants. The chapter also details the different approaches to disease management, including selection and breeding for resistance and biological control.

The third chapter considers the interacting effects of climate change on native and invasive insect pests in boreal and temperate forests. The chapter discusses recent advances in predicting forest insect responses to climate change, as well as best practices for their monitoring and management.

The final chapter provides a brief overview of Dutch elm disease, citing its emergence, modes of transmission and methods of control. A case study on the development of the Verticillium albo-atrum WCS850 strain to control the disease is then discussed in detail.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds - IPSUK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1835456588
• ISBN 13: 9781835456583
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland