Use of water by eastern hemlock: Implications for systemic insecticide application

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-427

  Ford, Chelcy R ^a   Vose, James M ^a   Daley, Michael ^b   Phillips, Nathan ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Hemlock; Imidacloprid; Insecticide; Systemic; Transpiration; Tsuga spp.; Water use

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE;

APPALACHIANS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 35648967536     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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