Japanese Laricobius sp n, a promising biological control candidate for hemlock woolly adelgid

Ashley Lamb; Shigehiko Shiyake; Nathan Havill; Michael Montgomery; Loke Kok

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Japanese Laricobius sp n, a promising biological control candidate for hemlock woolly adelgid

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ashley Lamb, Shigehiko Shiyake, Nathan Havill, Michael Montgomery, Loke Kok

Year:

2009

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009; 2009 January 13-16; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 42.

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Abstract

The U.S. Forest Service foreign exploration effort targeting HWA predators in Asia produced a new Laricobius species from Japan. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the newly imported biological control agent, Laricobius sp. n., in quarantine and in its native range in Japan.

Parent Publication

Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009

Citation

Lamb, Ashley; Shiyake, Shigehiko, Salom, Scott; Havill, Nathan; Montgomery, Michael; Kok, Loke. 2009. Japanese Laricobius sp n, a promising biological control candidate for hemlock woolly adelgid. In McManus, K.A.; Gottschalk K.W.; eds. Proceedings, 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Research Forum on Invasive Species 2009; 2009 January 13-16; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 42. Abstract.