Table 1.

Adult bronze birch borers captured on traps placed over pruning wounds or branch bark ridges on unpruned branches.

Mean (SE) number of beetles per trap* with indicated treatment
Pruned onlyPruned + dressingDressing
YearSexwoundcontrolwoundcontrolonlyControl
1989F1.5(0.59)0.1(0.09)1.7(0.82)0.3(0.19)0.2(0.15)
M0.5(0.17)0.3(0.33)0.9(0.28)0.2(0.11)0.1(0.09)
1991F1.1(0.44)0.1(0.09)1.4(0.47)0.3(0.12)0.1(0.09)0.1(0.09)
M0.4(0.17)0.3(0.12)0.5(0.17)0.3(0.12)0.1(0.09)0.2(0.11)
  • * trap area=156 sq. cm.