Predicting the female flight capability of gypsy moths by using DNA markers

Melody Keena; Marie-José Côté; Phyllis S. Grinberg; William E. Wallner

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Predicting the female flight capability of gypsy moths by using DNA markers

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Authors:

Melody Keena, Marie-José Côté, Phyllis S. Grinberg, William E. Wallner

Year:

2011

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 35-37.

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Abstract

Gypsy moths (Lymantria dispar L.) from different geographic origins have different biological and behavioral traits that can affect the risk of establishment and spread in new areas. One behavioral trait of major concern is the capacity of females from some geographic origins to fly, thus increasing the potential rate of spread and making detection and delimitation more difficult.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010

Citation

Keena, Melody A.; Côté, Marie-José; Grinberg, Phyllis S.; Wallner, William E. 2011. Predicting the female flight capability of gypsy moths by using DNA markers. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 35-37.