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Notes: The damage symptoms and ecological characteristics of the main diseases and pests endangering Castanea mollissima in Zhejiang, China, are described. These are caused by: Cryphonectria parasitica (a fungal pathogen), Pseudomonas castanae (a bacterial pathogen), and Kermes nawae, Lachnus tropicalis, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, Cyllorhynchites sursulus, Characoma ruficirra and Dicrocis punctiferalis [Conogethes punctiferalis] (all insect pests). Some [environmental] prevention techniques are also outlined.