Impact of Insecticidal Control on the Southern Pine Beetle¹ Population in East Texas²

Authors: WILLIAMSON, D. L.; VITE, J. P.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 64, Number 6, December 1971 , pp. 1440-1444(5)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

Availability of synthetic attractants for Dendroctonus frontalis Simmer man provided a means to evaluate effects of prescribed insecticidal control measures on the pest and its natural insect enemies. Olfactory and visual stimuli governing the behavior of these insects comprise an integral part of a complex system of colonization. Application of a persistent insecticidal formulation ( benzene hexachloride-diesel oil) to suppress the target insect inadvertently becomes more deleterious to its natural enemies. A theory to explain the change in population dynamics of the southern pine beetle in east Texas from a periodically occurring problem to one of chronically high population levels is conceptualized.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1971-12-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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