World Series Volume 11

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Protection of World Forests from Inscet Pests: Advances in Research

Papers presented at the XXI IUFRO World Congress (7-12, August 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Editors: René Alfaro et al. XXI IUFRO World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2000. A project of IUFRO Working Parties 7.01.02 Mechanisms of Tree Resistance to Insect Pests; 7.02.10 Epidemic Factors and Global Spread of Pine Wilt, 7.03.00 Management of Insect Pests in the Tropics, 7.03.03 Pest Problems in Planted Forests, 7.03.07 Invasive Insects and Diseases; and 7.03.09 Protection of Forests in the Tropics. (IUFRO World Series Vol. 11)

ISSN 1016-3263 – ISBN 3-901347-31-3 – FDC 453 : 450

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• 1. Pest problems in planted forests (Session 7.03.03): Moderators: Keith Day, Scott Salom
• Henry, C.J., K. R. Day: Biocontrol of the large pin weevil: structure of host (Hylobius abietis [L.]) and parasitoid (Bracon hylobii Ratz.) populations in felled stumps of Sitka spruce.
• Alfaro, René I. John N. King, Yousry A El-Kassaby, George Brown and
• Kornelia Lewis: Use of artificial infestations in the selection of sitka spruce genotypes for resistance to the white pine weevil in British Columbia, Canada.
• Foahom, B. : Approach for an efficient control of defoliating insect damage: case of Godasa sidae (F.) (Lep. Noctuidae) attacks on Mansonia altissima A.chev. (Sterculiaceae).
• Straw, N.A. : The impact of green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum (Walker)) on young and mature spruce plantations.
• Cobbinah, J.R., M.R. Wagner: Insect problems in plantations in the equatorial rain forests of Africa.
• 2. Invasive insects and diseases (Session 7.03.07): Moderators: Hugh Evans, Andrew Liebhold
• Bergdahl, D.R., S. Halik: Butternut canker: an exotic threat to Juglans cinerea.
• Evans, H.F., R.H.A. Baker and A. MacLeod: Evaluating the risk of invasion by potential forest pests.
• Humble, L.M. : Invasive bark and wood-boring beetles in British Columbia, Canada.
• Nunotani, H., K. Kawasaki, F. Takasu, K. Togashi and N. Shigesada: Spatial spread of pine wilt disease: modeling the dispersal distance distribution of the Pine Sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus.
• Salom, S.M., M.S. McClure, M.E. Montgomery, G. Zilahi-Balogh and
• L.T.Kok: Hemlock woolly adelgid in the United States: status of ongoing biological control efforts.
• Turcani, M., G. Csoka, W. Grodzki and P. Zahradnik: Recent invasions of exotic forest insects in eastern central Europe.
• Wingfield, M.J., B. Slippers, Z. Xu Dong, W. de Beer, P. Govender and B.D. Wingfield: Global spread of insect associated fungi on exotic plantation pines.
• 3. Mechanisms of tree resistance to insect pests (Session 7.01.02): Moderators: François Lieutier, Mike Wagner
• Clancy, K.M. : Biochemical characteristics of douglas-fir trees resistant to damage from the western spruce budworm: patters from three populations.
• Baier, Peter, Christa Schafellner, Erwin Fuhrer, Jutta Mattanovich: Host tree – bark beetle interactions: effects of restoration of secondary Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.) Karst.) on food quality for Ips typographus L. (Scolytidae).
• Paiva, M.R., E. Mateus, J. Munha, C. Pimentel, M.H. Farrall: Pinus spp. chemical composition and host selection by the winter pine processionary moth.
• 4. Epidemic factors and global spread of pine wilt (Session 7.02.11): Moderators: Kazuyoshi Futai, Kazuo Suzuki
• I Epidemic Factors of Pine Wilt 
• Togashi, K. : Insect vector-nematode relationship and virulence of nematode against host plants.
• Ikeda, T. : Wilt disease-induced xylem embolism in trees
• Yamane, A., R. Iwata: Recent advances in studies on chemical ecology and behavior of the Japanese pine sawyer adult.
• Fukuda, K., S. Ugawa, Y. Ichihara and K. Suzuki: Mycorrhizal fungal flora in pine forests infested with pine wilt disease.
• Kosaka, H., T. Aikawa, N. Ogura, K. Tabata and T. Kiyohara: Induced resistance of pine trees against pine wilt disease by a virulent nematode inoculation.
• II Global Spreading of Pine Wilt 
• Kulinich, O.A., P.D. Orlinski: Pathogenicity and possible adaptation of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in central European Russia.
• Magnusson, C. : Strategy of protection of European forests from pinewood nematodes
• Bergdahl, D.R., S. Halik: Pine wilt disease: a potential threat to conferous forests around the world.
• Futai, K. : Unsuccessful experience in controlling the pine wilt in Japan.
• Webster, J.M. : Pinewood nematode: characteristics and hazards of its global impact.
• 5. Management of insect pest in the tropics (Session 7.03.09): Moderators: K.S.S. Nair
• Schabel, H.G., S. Madoffe: Status and management of small coleopterous borers in living timbers in tropical Africa.
• Nair, K.S.S. : Management of the Teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera – current status.
• Lapis, E.B. : Outbreak of the ambrosia beetle, Platypus sp., in Avicennia marina in the Philippine mangrove forest.
• Dey, R.K. : Management of the sal heartwood borer, Hoplocerambyx spinicornis in India.
• Hutacharern, C. : Teak beehole borer, Xyleutes ceramica: ecology and management