MCH Released in a Novel Pheromone Dispenser Prevents Spruce Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Attacks in South-central Alaska

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Holsten, Edward H ^a   Shea, Patrick J ^a,b   Borys, Robert R ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AK (south central); Antiaggregation; Bark beetles; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Picea sp; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA LUTZII; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SCOLYTINAE;

3 METHYL 2 CYCLOHEXEN 1 ONE; 3-METHYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-ONE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYCLOHEXANES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; PICEA;

EID: 0038352118     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.31     Document Type: Article

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