The Quest for Antifeedants for the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)

M.D. Bentley; D.E. Leonard; G.M. Strunz

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The Quest for Antifeedants for the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)

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Authors:

M.D. Bentley, D.E. Leonard, G.M. Strunz

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: 45.

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Abstract

Extracts of non-host plants and selected naturally occurring compounds have been screened for their effects on feeding by spruce budworm larvae, (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), using as diet a filter paper substrate impregnated with the synergistic feeding stimulants, sucrose, and L-proline. The most potent feeding deterrents identified to date are alkaloids.

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Bentley, M.D.; Leonard, D.E.; Strunz, G.M. . 1983. The Quest for Antifeedants for the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). 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: 45.