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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Part I: Forest and tree resilience - p. xv 9. Chapter 1. Forest resources and sustainable management - p. 7 10. Chapter 2. Anatomical, chemical, molecular, and genetic basis for tree defenses - p. 33 11. Part II: Viruses, phytoplasma and other complex diseases - p. 57 12. Chapter 3. Virus diseases of forest and urban trees - p. 66 13. Chapter 4. Phytoplasma diseases of trees - p. 100 14. Chapter 5. Witches’ broom disease of birch - p. 127 15. Part III: Bacteria diseases of trees - p. 136 16. Chapter 6. Bacterial diseases in forest trees - p. 139 17. Part IV: Nematode diseases of forest trees - p. 166 18. Chapter 7. Pine wilt disease - p. 169 19. Beech leaf disease (BLD), Litylenchus crenatae and its potential microbial virulence factors - p. 183 20. Part V: Insects and other pests of forest trees - p. 192 21. Chapter 9. Insect pests of forest trees - p. 195 22. Chapter 10. Coffee pests - p. 213 23. Eucalyptus pests - p. 227 24. Chapter 12. Vertebrate herbivore browsing and impact on forest production - p. 251 25. Part VI: Complex diseases of economically important trees (case examples) - p. 261 26. Chapter 13. Dynamics of diseases and insect pests of cashew tree - p. 265 27. Chapter 14. Complexes and diversity of pathogens and insect pests of cocoa tree - p. 306 28. Chapter 15. Eucalyptus fungal diseases - p. 313 29. Chapter 16. Oil palm tree diseases - p. 339 30. Diseases of Acacia and control measures in the tropics - p. 376 31. Chapter 18. Diseases of rubber trees: Malaysia as a case study - p. 401 32. Chapter 19. Bambusicolous fungi, diseases, and insect pests of bamboo - p. 418 33. Index - p. 441
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Part I: Forest and tree resilience - p. xv 9. Chapter 1. Forest resources and sustainable management - p. 7 10. Chapter 2. Anatomical, chemical, molecular, and genetic basis for tree defenses - p. 33 11. Part II: Viruses, phytoplasma and other complex diseases - p. 57 12. Chapter 3. Virus diseases of forest and urban trees - p. 66 13. Chapter 4. Phytoplasma diseases of trees - p. 100 14. Chapter 5. Witches’ broom disease of birch - p. 127 15. Part III: Bacteria diseases of trees - p. 136 16. Chapter 6. Bacterial diseases in forest trees - p. 139 17. Part IV: Nematode diseases of forest trees - p. 166 18. Chapter 7. Pine wilt disease - p. 169 19. Beech leaf disease (BLD), Litylenchus crenatae and its potential microbial virulence factors - p. 183 20. Part V: Insects and other pests of forest trees - p. 192 21. Chapter 9. Insect pests of forest trees - p. 195 22. Chapter 10. Coffee pests - p. 213 23. Eucalyptus pests - p. 227 24. Chapter 12. Vertebrate herbivore browsing and impact on forest production - p. 251 25. Part VI: Complex diseases of economically important trees (case examples) - p. 261 26. Chapter 13. Dynamics of diseases and insect pests of cashew tree - p. 265 27. Chapter 14. Complexes and diversity of pathogens and insect pests of cocoa tree - p. 306 28. Chapter 15. Eucalyptus fungal diseases - p. 313 29. Chapter 16. Oil palm tree diseases - p. 339 30. Diseases of Acacia and control measures in the tropics - p. 376 31. Chapter 18. Diseases of rubber trees: Malaysia as a case study - p. 401 32. Chapter 19. Bambusicolous fungi, diseases, and insect pests of bamboo - p. 418 33. Index - p. 441
