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The authors are grateful to the Forest Service of Canton Ticino and the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN for partially funding this study.

1. Tree Selection and Assessment Design
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	<li>If possible, identify the epidemic stage of the study area by determining the arrival years of Dryocosmus kuriphilus and Torymus sinensis and the T. sinensis parasitization rate by using reliable sources (e.g., scientific publications, forest services, chestnut grove managers&#39; knowledge).
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		<li>If no reliable sources are available, identify the four main epidemic stages (Early, Peak, Recovery, Biocontrol) by computing the <e...

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Dryocosmus kuriphilus lay eggs in chestnut tree buds, inducing the formation of galls in spring. Repeated and uncontrolled D. kuriphilus attacks cause, in addition to gall formation, general branch corruption, including the death of many shoots and a significant loss in green photosynthetic leaf area5. Trees usually react by attempting to produce substitutive shoots via the activation of dormant buds. For this reason, especially during the epidemic peak and the recovery stage, cl...

The chestnut gallwasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) is the most significant global insect pest of the genus Castanea1,2,3. Through its repeated galling activity, it prevents and inhibits normal shoot development4,5, causing a progressive reduction of leaf area and a consequent loss of tree green biomass and vigour5,6, dormant bud reactivation5 and an increase in gallwasp post-emergence branch mortality7,8.
The European experience of the gallwasp epidemic shows that uncontrolled and repeated gallwasp attacks may induce a high level of crown corruption in Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). This can result in crown leaf area losses of up to 70% that are neither compensated for by substitutive foliage produced by the activation of dormant buds nor by building second flushes during the same vegetation period5.
The only successful method to reduce the pest population and allow chestnut trees to recover is biological control through its natural antagonist the parasitoid Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)9,10. Once biological control through its natural enemy is achieved, the chestnut trees start to produce new healthy sprouts. If tree damage level is very high, this may occur starting from the terminal bud only, due to the fact that it is usually infestation-free because of its formation after gallwasp oviposition activity4. This implies a long recovery process before the whole tree crown is re-established5.
In order to check the positive reaction of chestnut trees after biological control by Torymus sinensis is reached, and to verify the need for sylvicultural (pruning, thinning) intervention, forest managers and chestnut growers need a method for quick and reliable assessment of damage level and related branch architecture and leaf area evolution throughout the gallwasp epidemic from the initial infestation phase by the pest to recovery after biological control by its antagonist. Several methods for assessing gallwasp infestation degree (MAID) have been developed and used worldwide to date, such as measuring the proportion of attacked buds11 or the average number of galls per bud12. MAID do not directly measure green biomass (e.g., leaf area), reserve structures such as dormant buds, reaction structures (e.g., reactivated dormant buds and second flushes), or previous year damage (e.g., dead shoots) as major proxies of current tree vitality and vigour6,13,14. Moreover, most MAID are only based on the number of galls found on tree branches and underestimate real branch damage, especially during the peak of the pest epidemic (Figure 1).
In this paper, we describe the damage composite index (DCI) approach proposed by Gehring et al.&#160;20185 that considers proxies of green biomass, reserves such as dormant bud, and tree reactions (dormant bud reactivation and second flushes), enabling a realistic, reliable, and reasonably rapid assessment of damage through all stages of an epidemic, especially when combined with the assessment effort optimization proposed by Gehring et al.&#160;201715.
In particular, the objectives of this paper are 1) to give a detailed description of the field protocol, including the relevant branch features to be assessed, 2) to present the damage composite index formula, and 3) to propose an improved severity scale conversion for the DCI.

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evaluating dryocosmus kuriphilus-induced damage on castanea sativa

Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu has become a major pest for Castaneasativa since its arrival in Europe. Its galling activity results in the formation of different gall types and prevents the development of normal shoots. Repeated and uncontrolled attacks cause, besides the production of galls and the attendant gall-related reduction in leaf area, progressive corruption of the branch architecture, including the death of branch parts, and an increase in dormant bud activation. Thus far, there have been few attempts to quantify branch architecture damage. Further, the different methods for assessing infestation degree (MAID) that have been developed focus only on the galls' presence and abundance.
Using the leaf area to sapwood area relationship as a green biomass indicator, we developed in a previous study a damage composite index (DCI) that takes into account the most important branch architectural features, allowing for realistic damage assessment during the entire epidemic process. 
The aim of this study is to present this novel method and highlight differences in the damage description with respect to other broadly used indices. Results show how the DCI depicts branch damage better, especially during the epidemic peak, compared to MAID, which tend to underestimate it. We conclude by suggesting how to properly evaluate the overall impact of the pest by means of our composite damage index, the infestation degree using classic methods, and crown transparency evaluations.

A total of 25 localities in Ticino, Switzerland were visited between 2013 and 2016 in order to create a temporal gradient covering all gall wasp epidemic stages. In total, we collected and analyzed 94 branches in 5 sites at an early epidemic stage (arrival of the pest and beginning of tree damage), 200 branches in 5 sites at the epidemic peak (medium to severe damage due to high level of D. kuriphilus attack), 200 branches in 5 sites at the recovery stage (biocontrol by T. si...

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Evaluating Dryocosmus Kuriphilus-induced Damage on Castanea Sativa at JoVE.com

Evaluating Dryocosmus Kuriphilus-induced Damage on Castanea Sativa

It is common practice to assess the damage caused by Dryocosmus kuriphilus by considering the abundance of galls alone rather than by also taking related branch corruption into consideration. We propose a composite damage index that takes into account the most important branch features, thus enabling more realistic damage assessment.

Evaluating Dryocosmus Kuriphilus-induced Damage on Castanea Sativa

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