Today, forest health and the management of threats towards it are attracting more and more attention on a global scale. This book covers the most recent advances in the management of forest diseases, including the epidemiology and infection biology of forest pathogens, and forest protection based on integrated pest and disease management approaches. A comprehensive range of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and other organisms are discussed in detail, making this book essential reading for forest managers and extension specialists. Written by recognised authorities in the subject of forest health, this book also provides a wealth of information useful for researchers and lecturers of forest pathology and ecology.

Introduction to Infectious Forest Diseases; PART I - INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS; 1. Concepts of Epidemiology of Forest Diseases; 2. General Strategies of Forest Disease Management; PART II - NON FUNGAL INFECTIOUS FOREST DISEASES; 3. Forest Diseases Caused by Viruses; 4. Forest Diseases Caused by Prokaryotes: Phytoplasma and Bacterial Diseases; 5. Forest Diseases Caused by Higher Parasitic Plants; 6. Pine Wilt Disease and Other Nematode Diseases; PART III - FOREST DISEASES CAUSED BY FUNGI AND FUNGAL-LIKE ORGANISMS; ROOT AND BUTT ROTS; 7. Annosus Root and Butt Rots; 8. Armillaria Root Rots; 9. Laminated and Tomentosus Root Rots; STEM ROTS; 10. Heart Rots, Sap Rots and Canker Rots; VASCULAR DISEASES; 11. Ceratocystis Diseases; 12. Dutch Elm Disease and Other Ophiostoma Diseases; 13. Blackstain Root Disease and Other Leptographium Diseases; CANKER DISEASES; 14. Cankers and Other Diseases Caused by the Botryosphaeriaceae; 15. Chestnut Blight; 16. Other Cankers Caused by Cryphonectria and Sibling Species; 17. Cypress Canker; 18. Pitch Canker; 19. Larch Canker; 20. Hypoxylon Canker; BRANCH AND TIP BLIGHTS; 21. Branch and Tip Blights; FOLIAR DISEASES; 22. Dothistroma Needle Blight; 23. Other Foliar Diseases of Coniferous Trees; 24. Foliar Diseases of Broadleaf Trees; OOMYCETE DISEASES; 25. Oomycete Diseases; RUSTS DISEASES; 26. Tree Rusts; PART IV - NURSERY DISEASES; 27. Seed, Seedling and Nursery Diseases; PART V - INTRODUCED PATHOGENS; 28. Responding to diseases caused by exotic tree pathogens.