Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle mortality in felled logs

S. A. Mata; J. M. Schmid; D. A. Leatherman

doi:10.2737/RMRS-RN-13

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Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle mortality in felled logs

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Authors:

S. A. Mata, J. M. Schmid, D. A. Leatherman

Year:

2002

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RN-13

Source:

Res. Note RMRS-RN-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Diesel fuel oil was applied to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) infested bolts of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson) in early June. Just prior to the fuel oil application and 6 weeks later, 0.5 ft² bark samples were removed from each bolt and the numbers of live beetles counted. Beetle survival was 8.3% in bolts arranged in a single layer and 4.8% in bolts arranged in 2 layers.

Keywords

diesel fuel, mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, logs, mortality

Citation

Mata, S. A.; Schmid, J. M.; Leatherman, D. A. 2002. Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle mortality in felled logs. Res. Note RMRS-RN-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 4 p.