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Bioassays for Testing the Efficacy of Ground Sprayed Insecticides for Gypsy Moth Eradication Programs in California

Jeffrey C. Miller, Valerie Brown and Robert V. Dowell
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 1991, 17 (3) 70-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1991.018
Jeffrey C. Miller
Dept. of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9 7331
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Valerie Brown
Dept. of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9 7331
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Robert V. Dowell
Dept. of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9 7331
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    Table 1. Weather conditions (temperature, °C; precipitation, mm) during the study period for the bioassay of Bacillus thuringlensis, carbaryl, and diflubenzuron, for larval mortality of the gypsy moth. Sacramento, California, 1985.
    DateTemperature1Precipitation
    HighLow
    April 16-2216-247-92.5
    April 23-3022-327-120
    May 1-725-3210-130
    May 8-1421-316-110
    May 15-2121-338-110
    May 22-2818-339-140.5
    May 29-June 420-327-143.5
    June 5-1131-3714-190
    • ↵1. Range of mean daily temperatures.

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    Table 2. Percent mortality of gypsy moth larvae fed leaves of Quercus lobata treated with Bacillus thuringiensis (BT), diflubenzuron, or carbaryl, Sacramento, CA, 1985.
    TreatmentDays Post-Treatment1
    7142128
    Check0a28a9a34a
    BT81b86b94b92b
    Carbaryl100c100c100c100c
    Diflubenzuron100c100c100c100c
    • ↵1. values followed by different letters differ at P < 0.05, ANOVA: data changed to arcsine prior to analysis.

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Jeffrey C. Miller, Valerie Brown, Robert V. Dowell
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Mar 1991, 17 (3) 70-72; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1991.018

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Jeffrey C. Miller, Valerie Brown, Robert V. Dowell
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Mar 1991, 17 (3) 70-72; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1991.018
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