Foliar chemistry linked to infestation and susceptibility to hemlock woolly adelgid (Homoptera: Adelgidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-120

  Pontius, Jennifer A ^a   Hallett, Richard A ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern hemlock; Exotic pest; Forest health; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33750215524     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.112     Document Type: Article

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