Invasive Forest Species: Strategies for Their Containments
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 307
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forest pathology; fungal pathogens; plant-pathogen interaction; invasive species; early detection; molecular methods; diagnostics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, biological invasions have been establishing and invading new territories, challenging the sustainability of relevant hosts and ecosystems in both agriculture and forestry. The most invasive alien pests and pathogens that spread into a new environment are mainly introduced by the commercial trade of plants. For these reasons, biosecurity protocols for plant protection have been developed in order to prevent the diffusion and to assist in the eradication of invasive plant pathogens.
In this Special Issue are welcome original studies that aim to prevent invasive forest species based on new technological approaches for trapping and detection, as well as methods for large-scale surveillance. Methodological approaches for biological control of invasive pests and pathogens are also welcome.
Dr. Nicola Luchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- invasive pathogens
- invasive pests
- detection methods
- molecular assay
- biosecurity
- biocontrol
- trapping methods
- surveillance
