Establishing action thresholds for control of cankerworms in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Eirich, Russell ^a  

^a Integrated Pest Management Section   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer; Action threshold; Alsophila pometria; Defoliation; Empiric rule; Fraxinus spp.; Geometricdae; Lepidoptera; Paleacrita vernata; Populus spp.; Ulmus americana

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; DEFOLIATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; REGINA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ACER; ALSOPHILA (MOTH); FRAXINUS; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PALEACRITA VERNATA; POPULUS; ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 41549156935     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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