DDT spray for control of the ponderosa pine tip moth (Rhyacionia zozana [Kearfott])

Robert E. Stevens

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DDT spray for control of the ponderosa pine tip moth (Rhyacionia zozana [Kearfott])

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert E. Stevens

Year:

1965

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-057. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p

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Abstract

A water emulsion spray of DDT applied by hand sprayer to young trees infested with eggs and early-instar larvae of the ponderosa pine tip moth halted further larval activity and effectively prevented all damage.

Citation

Stevens, Robert E. 1965. DDT spray for control of the ponderosa pine tip moth (Rhyacionia zozana [Kearfott]). Res. Note PSW-RN-057. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p