PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E. Thomas Smiley
AU  - Donald C. Booth
AU  - Liza Wilkinson
TI  - Sprays Ineffective for Preventing Sapsucker Damage on Sugar Maple (<em>Acer saccharum</em>)
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.2009.005
DP  - 2009 Jan 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 20--22
VI  - 35
IP  - 1
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/35/1/20.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/35/1/20.full
AB  - The yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is the primary cause of sapsucker damage on trees in the eastern United States. Twenty sugar maple (Acer saccharum) trunks were treated with repellent sprays and compared with untreated controls. Sprays applied were bitrex, methyl anthraniltate, and thiram. Sapsucker feeding damage was quantified weekly. None of the sprays were effective in reducing trunk attack by sapsucker.