Efficacy of verbenone and green leaf volatiles for protecting whitebark and limber pines from attack by mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1019-1026

  Gillette, Nancy E ^a   Kegley, Sandra J ^a   Costello, Sheryl L ^a   Mori, Sylvia R ^a   Webster, Jeffrey N ^b   Mehmel, Constance J ^a   Wood, David L ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Webster Forestry Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

green leaf volatile (GLV); pheromone flake; Pinus albicaulis; Pinus flexilis; semiochemical

Indexed keywords

TERPENE; VERBENONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; INSECT CONTROL; MONTANA; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; TERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASHINGTON; WEEVILS;

EID: 84902351186     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12330     Document Type: Article

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