Lightning Strike Simula tion for Studying Southern Pine Bark and Engraver Beetle Attacks

Mitchel C. Miller

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-296

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Lightning Strike Simula tion for Studying Southern Pine Bark and Engraver Beetle Attacks

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Authors:

Mitchel C. Miller

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-296

Source:

Res. Note SO-296. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Endemic populations of the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm.) and Ips spp. attacked loblolly pines (Pinus taeda L.) on which lightning strikes were simulated with detonating cord in the field. Southern pine beetles were reared in successive generations in these trees from fall 1981 through spring 1982; only Ips spp. attacked treated trees through December 1982. Lightning strike simulation provides an alternative means of studying bark beetle attack and opens the way for comparisons with natural lightning strikes.

Keywords

lightning strike simulation, southern pine beetle, Ips, Dendroctonus frontalis

Citation

Miller, Mitchel C. 1983. Lightning Strike Simula tion for Studying Southern Pine Bark and Engraver Beetle Attacks. Res. Note SO-296. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.