Aerial application of pheromones for mating disruption of an invasive moth as a potential eradication tool

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^a   Suckling, David M ^b   Kimberley, Mark ^a   Richardson, Brian ^a   Coker, Graham ^a   Gous, Stefan ^a   Kerr, Jessica L ^a   Cowan, David M ^c   Lance, David R ^c   Strand, Tara ^a,d   Zhang, Aijun ^e  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELICOPTER; INSECT CONTROL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MASKING; MATING; MATING DISRUPTION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPECIES INVASION; UNITED STATES; UPPER CANOPY;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; MOTHS; NEW ZEALAND; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84865281596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043767     Document Type: Article

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