Tolerance of Cottonwood to Damage by Cottonwood Leaf Beetle

F. L. Oliveria; D. T. Cooper

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Tolerance of Cottonwood to Damage by Cottonwood Leaf Beetle

Informally Refereed

Authors:

F. L. Oliveria, D. T. Cooper

Year:

1977

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference 14:213-217.

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Abstract

Wide variation in tolerance to the cottonwood leaf beetle was found in fourteen hundred eastern cottonwood clones, originating from 36 young natural stands along the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Expected genetic gains were large enough to justify further research.

Keywords

Host resistance, defoliation, Populus deltoides, Chrysomela scripta

Citation

Oliveria, F. L.; Cooper, D. T. 1977. Tolerance of Cottonwood to Damage by Cottonwood Leaf Beetle. In: Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference 14:213-217.