A scentsible approach to controlling southern pine beetles. Two new tactics using verbenone

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 26-31

  Clarke, Stephen R ^a   Salom, Scott M ^b   Billings, Ronald F ^c   Berisford, C Wayne ^d   Upton, William W ^c   McClellan, Quintin C ^b   Dalusky, Mark J ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Forest Service   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE;

EID: 0032882674     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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