Title: Describe conditions that encourage pest infestation.
Course: Community Forestry and Tree Management (18502-III) > Section: Exploring Pests and Diseases

Description should include

- lack of biodiversity
- lack of crown
- injury
- soil disturbance
- age
- drought
- urban heat island
- water quality
- chemical and environmental factors
- genetic factors
- plant stress.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does a lack of biodiversity (monoculture) encourage insect infestation?
- How does injury to a tree encourage insect infestation?
- How do water and soil quality encourage insect infestation?
- How does the use of native species prevent insect infestation?
- How does the protection of the soil prevent insect infestation?
- How does the age of a tree affect its level of infestation?