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Managing European Elm Scale in the Period of Neonicotinoid Insecticide Resistance

Rachael A. Sitz, Erika Peirce, Rasha Al-Akeel, Melissa Schreiner, Wendlin Burns and Whitney S. Cranshaw
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 2025, 51 (2) 169-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2025.004
Rachael A. Sitz
Davey Resource Group, Inc., Urban and Community Forestry Services, Atascadero, CA, USA, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Erika Peirce
Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Rasha Al-Akeel
Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Melissa Schreiner
Colorado State University Extension, Grand Junction, CO, USA
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Wendlin Burns
Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Whitney S. Cranshaw
Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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