Preliminary evaluation of vacuum to control wood-boring insects in raw wood packaging materials

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Chen, Zhangjing ^a   White, Marshall S ^a,c   Robinson, W H ^b  

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

^b Urban Pest Control Research and Consulting   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVAL MORTALITY; RAW WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS; RED OAK; WOOD-BORING INSECTS;

DEHYDRATION; MOISTURE; VACUUM;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

DEHYDRATION; FOREST PRODUCTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; WOOD;

HEXAPODA; HYLOTRUPES BAJULUS; INSECTA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS ECHINATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 33748568498     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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