RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sprays Ineffective for Preventing Sapsucker Damage on Sugar Maple (<em>Acer saccharum</em>)
JF Arboriculture &amp; Urban Forestry (AUF)
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 20
OP 22
DO 10.48044/jauf.2009.005
VO 35
IS 1
A1 E. Thomas Smiley
A1 Donald C. Booth
A1 Liza Wilkinson
YR 2009
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/35/1/20.abstract
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.