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The general situation of forest and forest disease in Tibet is presented. Based on the author’s field work in Tibetan forests and the identification of forest disease, specimens which were collected is 2 species of parasitic plants and 26 species of fungal pathogens. Among fungal pathogens 13 species were not reported in “Fungi of Tibet”. The author analyses the situation and characteristics of forest diseases in Tibet and presents an exploratory suggestion that an “Ecological Research Station for Forest Diseases” should be established in Tibet. The objective would be to establish a healthy “forest ecosystem” where human are in harmony with nature.
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Shifa, S. Preliminary research on forest diseases of Tibet. J. Northeast For. Univ. 7, 32–35 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843090
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843090