A novel semiochemical tool for protecting pinus contorta from mortality attributed to dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 173-182

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   Munson, A Steven ^b   Reinke, Michael ^c   Mafra Neto, Agenor ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c ISCA Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

lodgepole pine; mountain pine beetle; SPLAT Verb; tree protection; verbenone

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

PHEROMONE; TERPENE; VERBENONE;

ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; PINE; PROCEDURES; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; PHEROMONES; PINUS; TERPENES; WEEVILS;

EID: 84924955431     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tou038     Document Type: Article

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