Background Trees are major components of many terrestrial ecosystems and are grown in
managed plantations and orchards to provide a variety of economically important products …

Botryosphaeria dothidea is the type species of Botryosphaeria (Botryosphaeriaceae,
Botryosphaeriales). Fungi residing in this order are amongst the most widespread and …

Most members of the oomycete genus Phytophthora are primary plant pathogens. Both soil-
and airborne Phytophthora species are able to survive adverse environmental conditions …

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a bacterial infection of citrus trees transmitted by the Asian citrus
psyllid Diaphorina citri. Mitigation of HLB has focused on spraying of insecticides to reduce …

Mathematical modelling and statistical inference provide a framework to evaluate different
non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical interventions for the control of epidemics that has …

A central challenge to studying emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) is a landscape
dilemma: Our best empirical understanding of disease dynamics occurs at local scales …

Sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum, has killed millions of oak and tanoak
in California since its first detection in 1995. Despite some localized small-scale …

Mean surface temperatures have increased globally by~ 0.7 C per century since 1900 and
0.16 C per decade since 1970 (Levinson and Fettig 2014). Most of this warming is believed …

Modern infectious disease epidemiology has a strong history of using mathematics both for
prediction and to gain a deeper understanding. However the study of infectious diseases is …

Forest pathology, the science of forest health and tree diseases, is operating in a rapidly
developing environment. Most importantly, global trade and climate change are increasing …