Western Larch as a Host of the Western Spruce Budworm: A Comparison of Caged Larvae on Susceptible Conifers

Roy C. Beckwith

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Western Larch as a Host of the Western Spruce Budworm: A Comparison of Caged Larvae on Susceptible Conifers

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Authors:

Roy C. Beckwith

Year:

1983

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Talerico, Robert L.; Montgomery, Michael, tech. coords. Proceedings, forest defoliator--host interactions: A comparison between gypsy moth and spruce budworms; 1983 April 5-7; New Haven, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-85. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 21-23.

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Abstract

Caged field studies indicate that the foliage of western larch is apparently less suitable to western spruce budworm larval development than the foliage of Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, and Engelmann spruce.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, forest defoliator—host interactions: A comparison between gypsy moth and spruce budworms

Citation

Beckwith, Roy C. . 1983. Western Larch as a Host of the Western Spruce Budworm: A Comparison of Caged Larvae on Susceptible Conifers. In: Talerico, Robert L.; Montgomery, Michael, tech. coords. Proceedings, forest defoliator--host interactions: A comparison between gypsy moth and spruce budworms; 1983 April 5-7; New Haven, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-85. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 21-23.