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Abstract
The study presents the first documentation of Phytophthora honggalleglyana in an urban green space in Poland. The research, conducted in the summer of 2024 along the Służewiecki Stream in Warsaw, assessed the presence of Phytophthora pathogens in water samples and their potential impact on nearby Acer rubrum trees. Using molecular techniques, one isolate of P. honggalleglyana was identified, marking its inaugural discovery in Poland and suggesting its association with urban ecosystems. Symptoms observed in trees, such as crown defoliation and leaf discoloration, align with known effects of Phytophthora infections, highlighting the pathogen's threat to urban greenery. This discovery underscores the importance of monitoring and managing urban green spaces to mitigate the spread of this invasive pathogen and its potential ecological consequences.
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Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is a refereed, international journal aimed at presenting high-quality research with urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management as its main topics. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening concentrates on all tree-dominated (as joint together in the urban forest) as well as other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens and cemeteries.
The journal welcomes basic and applied research papers, as well as review papers and short communications. Contributions should focus on one or more of the following aspects:
-Form and functions of urban forests and other vegetation, including aspects of urban ecology.
-Policy-making, planning and design related to urban forests and other vegetation.
-Selection and establishment of tree resources and other vegetation for urban environments.
-Management of urban forests and other vegetation.
Original contributions of a high academic standard are invited from a wide range of disciplines and fields, including forestry, biology, horticulture, arboriculture, landscape ecology, pathology, soil science, hydrology, landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban planning and design, economics, sociology, environmental psychology, public health, and education.