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Spruce Budworm Adult Spray Tests New Brunswick 1977

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine the effect on the insemination of resident females, of air-to-ground spraying timed to kill males.

Key Findings: Confirmed that the conclusion from the 1976 spray trials that air-to-ground spraying selectively kills old females was confirmed

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Spruce Budworm in Maine: The End of the Outbreak; Biological Conditions in 1986, 1987, 1988, and a Look at the Future

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Present spruce budworm survey and evaluation data gathered by the Insect and Disease Management Staff.

Key Findings: A future budworm outbreak in Maine is likely to vary considerably from the recently concluded outbreak. Budworm is certain to return and provide new management challenges to Maine landowners

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Part I. of a Study of the Feasibility of Reconstructing Past Outbreaks of Forest Tree Defoliating Insects on the Basis of Insect Remains in Lake Sediments, With Emphasis on Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) and Other Microlepidoptera

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Observations on Potential Uptake of Sevin by Pacific Oysters

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Gather more information on the presence of Sevin in oyster meats at varying times after treatment with different concentrations of the insecticide.

Key Findings: Sevin at a rate of 10 lb./acre or its hydrolytic product were not present in detectable quantities in Pacific oysters collected directly from the sprayed area or adjacent plantings in as short a time as 5 days after application

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Nomenclature of Nearctic Conifer-Eating Choristoneura Historical Review and Present Status

Problem Addressed: Nomenclature of spruce budworm

Key Findings: Entomologists should realize that there is every reason to expect that a given population of either the Funiferana complex or Lambertiana complex will differ in some respects from typical populations representing available species names.

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Helicopter Application of Insecticides for Suppression of White Pine Weevil Populations–A Pilot Study

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine the feasibility of helicopter application of insecticides in the fall for suppression of white pine weevil populations

Key Findings: Only the permethrin treatment resulted in a noticeable decline in amount of terminal damage the following summer

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Kraft Pulping of Spruce Budworm-Killed Red Spruce

Problem Addressed: Uses of tees that had been killed by spruce budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine pulping and strength characteristics of budworm-killed trees compared to unaffected trees.

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Maine Department of Conservation Spruce Budworm Policy 1978-1981 Transition Strategy Paper

Problem Addressed: Spruce Budworm outbreak in the 1970's.

Recommendation: Policy changes for 1981 and after

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Investigation of Chemical Control of Ghost Shrimp on Oyster Grounds 1960-1963

Problem Addressed: Ghost shrimp on oyster grounds

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Ghost Shrimp Control Experiments with Sevin 1960 through 1968

Problem Addressed: Burrowing of ghost shrimp

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine chemical to take care of ghost shrimp issues in oyster grounds

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