Persistence of the gypsy moth pheromone, disparlure, in the environment in various climates

Insects

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-116

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

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

^b Forest Health Protection ^*  (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental persistence; Lymantria dispar; Mating disruption; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84878703270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects4010104     Document Type: Article

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