Effects of SPLAT® GM sprayable pheromone formulation on gypsy moth mating success

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Onufrieva, Ksenia ^a   Thorpe, Kevin ^b   Hickman, Andrea ^a   Tobin, Patrick ^c   Leonard, Donna ^d   Anderson Roberts, E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparlure; Lepidoptera; Lymantria dispar; Lymantriidae; Mating disruption; Plastic flakes; Sprayable formulation

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MATING DISRUPTION; MATING SUCCESS; MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 77956424553     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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