Forest Microbiology

<p>Part I: Basis of tree pathology<br>1. Basic concept and principles of forest pathology<br>2. Diagnostic tools and techniques in tree pathology</p> <p>Part II: Tree health: Global perspectives</p> <p>3. Forest diversity and productivity: Implications for forest health in future climates<br>4. Globalization, invasive forest pathogen species, and forest tree health<br>5. Abiotic factors affecting forest tree health<br>6. Climate change and forest health: Detecting dieback hotspots<br>7. Ecological, evolutionary, and societal impacts of invasions by emergent forest pathogens<br>8. Population dynamics of forest tree pathogens<br>9. Modeling forest disturbance and tree disease dynamics</p> <p>Part III: Basis and principles of tree disease resistance breeding<br>10. Resistance breeding against tree pathogens</p> <p>Part IV: Foliage (including Needles) Pathogens of trees (case examples)<br>11. Dothistroma needle blight disease</p> <p>12. Rust diseases of forest trees<br>13. Ash dieback<br>14. Temperate oak declines: Biotic and abiotic predisposition factors</p> <p>Part V: Stem and shoot pathogens of trees (case examples)<br>15. Rapid Ohia Death in Hawaii<br>16. Dutch elm diseas<br>17. Diseases of chestnut trees</p> <p>18. Pine pitcher cancker (PPC): An introduction, an overview</p> <p>Part VI: Root diseases (pathogens) (case examples)</p> <p>19. Heterobasidion annosum s.l.: Biology, genomics, and pathogenicity factors</p> <p>20. Armillaria root disease of diverse trees in wide-spread gloabl regions</p> <p>21. Phytophthora diseases</p> <p>Part VII: Beneficial microbes (mycorrhiza, saprotrophs)</p> <p>22. Mycorrhizas: Role in N and P cyclcing and nutrition of forest trees</p> <p>Part VII: Management of forest tree diseases</p> <p>23. Forest free disease control and management</p>