Five-year operational trial of verbenone to deter mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; Coleoptera: Scolytidae) attack of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1402-1407

  Progar, R A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Pheromone; Verbenone

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEETLE; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 29544439507     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1402     Document Type: Article

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