Characteristics of Forest Pest Occurrences Monitored in Lizhou District of Guangyuan City from 2018 to 2022 and Future Prevention and Control Strategies
Forest pests have long been harmful to forests and other forest resources.This paper relied on the statistical data of Sichuan Province"Prevention and Control Information Management System for Forest Pests"to analyse the data of forest pests in the monitored woodlands of Lizhou District,Guangyuan City during 2018-2022.The current situation of forest pests in Lizhou District of Guan-gyuan City in recent five years were obtained,and efficient preventive and control strategies were sug-gested.The result showed that during 2018-2022,a certain area and scale of forest pests occurred in Lizhou District,Guangyuan City,with an area between 6 600 hm2 and 9 533.33 hm2,and both insect pests and diseases were detected,with insect pest occurring more frequently than diseases.Specifical-ly,the main pest insects identified were Dendrolimus houi and Parocraer Zaorienia Chao,and the ma-jority of occurrences are at a mild level.Overall,the occurrence of forest pests in monitored wood-lands in Lizhou District,Guangyuan City,from 2018-2022 was not large in area and was not in se-vere degree.Further,it is necessary to continue to improve monitoring methods and capacity,to make comprehensive use of various prevention and control tools,and to focus on optimising and im-proving the structure of forest stands.