How to Prevent Weevil Damage to Pine Seedlings in the South

Charles F. Speers; Edward P. Merkel

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How to Prevent Weevil Damage to Pine Seedlings in the South

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles F. Speers, Edward P. Merkel

Year:

1974

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-5. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

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Abstract

Pales and pitcheating weevils are dark colored, robust, oblong, hard shelled snout beetles, ¼ to ½ inch long. In the South these are the two principal species that damage pine seedlings.

Citation

Speers, Charles F.; Merkel, Edward P. 1974. How to Prevent Weevil Damage to Pine Seedlings in the South. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-5. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.