Laboratory assay of cacodylic acid and ®Meta-Systox-R on Scolytus multistriatus and Pseudopityophthorus sp.

Charles O. Rexrode; James W. Lockyer

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Laboratory assay of cacodylic acid and ®Meta-Systox-R on Scolytus multistriatus and Pseudopityophthorus sp.

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Authors:

Charles O. Rexrode, James W. Lockyer

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-190. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Cacodylic acid and Meta-Systox-R were applied to oak and elm bark beetle diets. Diets containing 900 to 1,000 ppm of cacodylic acid and diets containing 100 to 200 ppm of Meta-Systox-R killed both oak and elm bark beetles.

Citation

Rexrode, Charles O.; Lockyer, James W. 1974. Laboratory assay of cacodylic acid and ®Meta-Systox-R on Scolytus multistriatus and Pseudopityophthorus sp. Research Note NE-190. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.