Host preference of the brown spruce longhorned beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.) on selected North American conifers

Jon Sweeney; Georgette Smith

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Host preference of the brown spruce longhorned beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.) on selected North American conifers

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jon Sweeney, Georgette Smith

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

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: 94.

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Abstract

The brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), native to Europe, was recently discovered infesting and killing red spruce, Picea rubens Sarg. in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Sweeney, Jon; Smith, Georgette. 2003. Host preference of the brown spruce longhorned beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.) on selected North American conifers. 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: 94.