Introduction ; Botany of Conifers ; Diseases of Conifers ; Climate Change ; Modern Taxonomy ; Part I. Biotic Diseases ; Diseases Caused by Phytophthora spp. ; Littleleaf Disease ; Port Orford Cedar Root Disease ; Ramorum Disease of Larch ; Mal del Ciprés ; Daño Foliar del Pino ; Red Needle Cast ; Kauri Root and Collar Rot ; Phytophthora Root Rot, Stem Canker, and Shoot Blight in Christmas Trees ; Diseases with Insect Vectors ; Black Stain Root Disease ; Southern Pine Decline ; Procerum Root Disease ; Blue Stain and Bark Beetles ; Pine Wilt ; Sirex–Amylostereum Rot ; Root Rots ; Rhizina Root Disease ; Heterobasidion Root and Butt Rot ; Armillaria Root Disease ; Cedar Laminated Root and Butt Rot ; Laminated Root Rot ; Red-Brown Butt Rot ; Tomentosus Root Rot ; Brown Root Rot ; Other Root-Rot Fungi ; Stem Decays ; Red Rot ; Yellow Brown Top Rot ; Brown Crumbly Rot ; Other Wound Decays Red Ring Rot ; Rust-Red Stringy Rot ; Hazard Trees ; Stem Rusts ; White Pine Blister Rust ; Other Soft Pine Stem Rusts ; Fusiform Rust ; Eastern Gall Rust ; Western Gall Rust ; Resin Top Disease ; Comandra Blister Rust ; Stalactiform Blister Rust ; Sweetfern Blister Rust ; Other Hard Pine Stem Rusts ; Limb Rusts ; Pine Twist Rust ; Gymnosporangium Stem Rusts ; Cankers and Twig Blights ; Canker Diseases Caused by Fungi in the Family Nectriaceae ; Neonectria Flute Canker ; Neonectria Canker on Picea abies Christmas Trees ; Neonectria Canker on Abies spp. Christmas Trees ; Thyronectria Canker on Abies spp. Christmas Trees ; Caliciopsis Canker ; European Larch Canker ; Diplodia Shoot Blight and Canker ; Pitch Canker ; Cypress Canker ; Scleroderris Canker ; Atropellis Canker ; Delphinella Shoot Blight on Christmas Trees ; Grovesiella Canker ; Other Canker Diseases ; Cone and Seed Diseases ; Spruce Cone Rusts ; Hemlock Cone Rusts ; Pine Cone Rusts ; Other Seed and Cone Diseases ; Foliage Diseases ; Needle and Broom Rusts ; Needle Blights and Needle Casts ; Rhabdocline Needle Cast ; Larch Needle Cast ; Other Foliage Diseases of Larch ; Swiss Needle Cast ; Brown Spot Needle Blight ; Dothistroma Needle Blight ; Dooks Needle Blight ; Cyclaneusma Needle Cast ; Other Foliage Diseases of Pines ; Cedar Leaf Blight ; Other Foliage Diseases of Members of Cupressaceae ; Botrytis Blight ; Herpotrichia Needle Browning ; Web Blight ; Foliage Diseases of Tsuga spp. ; Interior Needle Blight of Abies spp. Christmas Trees ; Current-Season Needle Necrosis of Abies spp. Christmas Trees ; Other Foliage Diseases of Abies spp. ; Foliage Diseases of Spruce ; Rhizosphaera Needle Cast in Christmas Trees ; Stigmina Needle Cast on Christmas Trees ; Spruce Needle Drop or Sudden Needle Drop ; Black Mildews and Sooty Molds ;Felt Blights and Snow Blights ; Parasitic Plants ; Mistletoes Dwarf Mistletoes ; Leafy Mistletoes ; Other Parasitic Plants ; Part II. Abiotic Disorders ; Fall Needle Drop (Interior Needle Yellowing) ; Edaphic and Aquatic Factors ; Climatic Factors ; Anthropogenic Factors ; Drought ; Drought Canker ; Pole Blight ; Yellow-Cedar Decline ; Part III. Diseases of Conifers Grown as Christmas Trees ; Part IV. Diseases in the Forest ; Boreal Forest of North America ; North American Inland West ; Coastal Western North America ; Southern United States ; Europe Fennoscandia; East Asian Temperate Forests; Africa ; Australia and New Zealand ;Appendix: Diseases of Confers ;Glossary ; Index Compendium of Conifer Diseases, Second Edition, describes more than 100 diseases and disorders of conifers in these major sections: The Introduction provides background on the botany and diseases of conifers, up-to-date information on climate change and fungal taxonomy, and a comprehensive list of both classic and current publications about forest pathology. Part I, Biotic Diseases, is organized by parts of the tree affected and by specific pathogens; five new Phytophthora diseases have been added to this edition. The discussion of each disease describes typical symptoms, identifies the causal organism, outlines the life cycle and epidemiology, recommends strategies for management, and offers sources of additional information. Part II, Abiotic Disorders, addresses common and significant abiotic disorders along with physiological conditions that can mimic abiotic injuries. Climatic factors, human influences, and stress-related disorders are covered, and details about species affected and regional distribution are provided in discussions of disorders such as fall needle drop, pole blight, and yellow cedar decline. Part III, Diseases of Conifers Grown as Christmas Trees, is new to this edition and provides key information for this specialty crop. Topics include production worldwide, preferred species of conifers, associated diseases and disorders, and effective management practices. Part IV, Diseases in the Forest, is organized into sections that highlight the significance of conifers and the diseases that affect them in different regions of the world. An appendix, Diseases of Conifer, provides a comprehensive list of conifer diseases organized by genera, along with the causal pathogens and their authorities. A glossary and index are also provided to help readers of all backgrounds understand terminology and find specific information. More than half the contributors are new to this second edition, and nearly all the articles have been updated or rewritten based on new understandings of diseases. Each article ends with a brief list of references to provide access to the relevant literature. The taxonomic nomenclature has also been updated across the book, and new photos have been added throughout for a total of 280 high-quality illustrations. In sum, Compendium of Conifer Diseases, Second Edition, presents both the economic and the ecological impacts of conifer diseases. It focuses on the most significant diseases of the most important genera, concentrating on diseases of conifers as forest and Christmas trees. In addition, the book places the importance of conifer pathology in the larger context of world forestry. This new edition will be a trusted resource for a wide range of forestry students and professionals. It provides the foundational knowledge needed by students in forestry, plant sciences, and plant pathology, along with the up-to-date, region-specific taxonomic, diagnostic, and management information essential to the work of practitioners and researchers, including forest managers, extension specialists, and plant disease clinicians.
