Determining feeding preference hierarchy in gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar) using choice test bioassays

Vonnie D.C. Shields; Brian P. Broomell; Jelilat O.B. Salako

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0920:hsaaos]2.0.co;2

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Determining feeding preference hierarchy in gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar) using choice test bioassays

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Authors:

Vonnie D.C. Shields, Brian P. Broomell, Jelilat O.B. Salako

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0920:hsaaos]2.0.co;2

Source:

In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 84.

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Abstract

The larva of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L. is considered to be one of the most serious forest pests of North America.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Shields, Vonnie D.C.; Broomell, Brian P.; Salako, Jelilat O.B. 2003. Determining feeding preference hierarchy in gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar) using choice test bioassays. In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 84.