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Forest Diseases in Brazil: Status and Management

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Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America

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Brazil has an area of 851.6 million ha, of which over 477 million ha is covered with natural forest and other 7.84 million ha has commercial forest plantations. The latter are dominated by non-native species: eucalypts, pines, teaks, acacia, poplars, gmelina, and African mahogany, which occupy 96% of forestry areas, while native species like rubber tree (Hevea spp.), “cuiabano” pine (Schizolobium amazonicum), and swamp cedar (Calophyllum brasiliense) occupy 4%. Surveys conducted over the last two decades have shown important diseases and damage for cultivated species: Eucalyptus, Austropuccinia psidii (myrtaceous rust); Hevea, Microcyclus ulei (South American leaf blight). In this chapter you can obtain more details about the management of these diseases so dangerous to the world.

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agronomic Science Research Farm Lageado Botucatu - São Paulo State University, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Edson Luiz Furtado

  2. São Carlos Federal University (UFSCar), Buri, SP, Brazil

    Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior

  3. Agronomy Department, Espírito Santo Federal University (UFES), Alegre, ES, Brazil

    Willian Bucker Moraes

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Furtado, E.L., de Jesus Junior, W.C., Moraes, W.B. (2020). Forest Diseases in Brazil: Status and Management. In: Estay, S. (eds) Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35143-4_14

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