Wood losses and economical threshold of Btk aerial spray operation against spruce budworm

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-324

  Fournier, Cédric ^a   Bauce, Éric ^a   Dupontb, Alain ^b   Berthiaumea, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Société de Protection des Forêts contre les Insectes et Maladies SOPFIM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Bacillus thuringiensis; Choristoneura fumiferana; Economical analysis; Photosynthetic capacity; Stem analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; DEFOLIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MOTH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STEM BORER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRUCE; TREE; WOOD;

AIR; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; TREES; WOOD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 76749132161     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1878     Document Type: Article

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