Temporal occurrence pattern of insect pests and fungal pathogens in young Tasmanian plantations of Eucalyptus globulus Lab ill. and E. nitens Maiden

The occurrence and distribution with respect to plantation age, of insect pests and fungal pathogens were studied over a five-year period in Tasmanian plantations of the native eucalypt, Eucalyptus globulus Labill., and the introduced E. nitens Maiden.A total of 45 taxa of pests and pathogens were identified either by their presence, or by their symptoms, from 289 plantation visits distributed in the north and southeast of the island.