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Management of Gypsy Moths Using Sticky Trunk Barriers and Larval Removal

Kevin W. Thorpe, Kathy M. Tatman, Patricia Sellers, Ralph E. Webb and Richard L. Ridgway
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 1995, 21 (2) 69-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1995.012
Kevin W. Thorpe
U.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Bldg. 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Kathy M. Tatman
1Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
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Patricia Sellers
2U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Forest Health, 101 N. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA 22801
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Ralph E. Webb
U.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Bldg. 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Richard L. Ridgway
U.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Bldg. 402, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705
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