Strategic Development of Tree Resistance Against Forest Pathogen and Insect Invasions in Defense-Free Space

Strategic Development of Tree Resistance Against Forest Pathogen and Insect Invasions in Defense-Free Space

Invasive pathogens that cause stem cankers and wilts of trees, and insects that bore into bark and wood have proven extremely destructive to the world's forests and particularly difficult to manage once establishedSuch pests are especially devastating when evolutionarily naïve host trees lack a...

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Main Authors: David N. Showalter, Kenneth F. Raffa, Richard A. Sniezko, Daniel A. Herms, Andrew M. Liebhold, Jason A. Smith, Pierluigi Bonello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
forest pathogens
forest insects
host plant resistance
biological invasions
defense-free space
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00124/full

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