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Evaluation of General-Use Insecticides for Preventing Host Colonization by New Jersey Southern Pine Beetles

B.L. Strom, W.K. Oldland, J.R. Meeker and J. Dunn
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 2015, 41 (2) 88-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2015.010
B.L. Strom
B.L. Strom (corresponding author), Research Entomologist, Southern Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 2500 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, Louisiana 71360, U.S.
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W.K. Oldland
W.K. Oldland, Entomologist, Northeastern Area Forest Health Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, U.S.
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J.R. Meeker
J.R. Meeker, Entomologist, Region 8 Forest Health Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 2500 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, Louisiana 71360, U.S.
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J. Dunn
J. Dunn, GIS Specialist, NJ State Forestry Services, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, U.S.
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