Risk-rating Saratoga Spittlebug Damage by Abundance of Alternate-host Plants

Louis F. Wilson

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Risk-rating Saratoga Spittlebug Damage by Abundance of Alternate-host Plants

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Louis F. Wilson

Year:

1971

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-110. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

The potential damage of the Saratoga spittlebug to red pine can be predicted by comparing the percentage of ground occupied by sweet-fern with the percentage of ground cover occupied by other nymphal host plants. A risk-rating graph is used to estimate potential damage.

Keywords

Saratoga spittlebug, red pine, sweet-fern

Citation

Wilson, Louis F. 1971. Risk-rating Saratoga Spittlebug Damage by Abundance of Alternate-host Plants. Research Note NC-110. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station