Semiochemical sabotage: Behavioral chemicals for protection of western conifers from bark beetles

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 784, 2009, Pages 85-109

  Gillette, Nancy E ^a   Steve Munson, A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allomones; Douglas fir; IPM; Kairomones; Pheromones; Pine; Push pull; Spruce; Trap trees; Trap out

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BARK; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; SEMIOCHEMICAL; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROCTONUS PSEUDOTSUGAE; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; PICEA; PINUS MUGO; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 70349494199     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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