Spray swath patterns of small aircraft and vertical distribution of microbial spray deposits

W. G. Yendol

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Spray swath patterns of small aircraft and vertical distribution of microbial spray deposits

Informally Refereed

Authors:

W. G. Yendol

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Grimble, David G.; Lewis, Franklin B., coords. Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths; 1984 April 10-12; Windsor Locks, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-100. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 151-154

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Abstract

Each year in Northeastern United States over 500,000 acres of oak forests are aerially sprayed to prevent massive defoliation by the gypsy moth. In Pennsylvania alone 400,000 acres were proposed for treatment in 1983 with commercial preparation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

Parent Publication

Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths

Citation

Yendol, W. G. 1985. Spray swath patterns of small aircraft and vertical distribution of microbial spray deposits. In: Grimble, David G.; Lewis, Franklin B., coords. Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths; 1984 April 10-12; Windsor Locks, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-100. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 151-154