PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ticehurst, Mark
AU  - Finley, Stuart
TI  - An Urban Forest Integrated Pest Management Program for Gyspy Moth: An Example
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1988.042
DP  - 1988 Jul 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 172--175
VI  - 14
IP  - 7
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/14/7/172.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/14/7/172.full
SO  - JOA1988 Jul 01; 14
AB  - An integrated pest management program for gypsy moth was designed, implemented, and evaluated in the urban forested community of Lake Barcroft, Falls Church, VA. The objectives of the program were to reduce or prevent defoliation, tree mortality, and nuisance associated with dense populations of gypsy moth. Intensive surveys of larvae, pupae, adult males, and egg masses were evaluated in 100 sites. Further evaluations were made of eggs per mass, egg viability, parasitism of eggs, larvae, and pupae, sex ratio of pupae, and tree susceptibility to infestation and defoliation. Bacillus thuringiensis and Luretape® were selectively applied. The larval parasites, Cotesia melanoscelus and Glyptapanteles flavicoxis were released throughout the Program area. The objectives were achieved. The cost was approximately $20. per residential lot per year.