Response of the Imported Willow Leaf Beetle to Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego on Poplar Willow1

Leah Bauer

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Response of the Imported Willow Leaf Beetle to Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego on Poplar Willow¹

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Authors:

Leah Bauer

Year:

1992

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Journal of Ivertebrate Pathology. Vol. 59 no. 1.:p. 330-331. (1992)

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Abstract

The imported willow leaf beetle, Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a multivoltine defoliator of willow and poplar (Salicaceae), is considered a significant pest throughout eastern North America (W.T. Johnson and H.H Lyon, "Insects that Feed on Trees and Shrubs," Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1988).

Citation

Bauer, Leah S. 1992. Response of the Imported Willow Leaf Beetle to Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego on Poplar Willow¹. Journal of Ivertebrate Pathology. Vol. 59 no. 1.:p. 330-331. (1992)