Planning Insecticide Application and Timber Harvesting in a Spruce Budworm Epidemic (1984)
Problem Addressed: Effective use of targeted insecticide spraying against spruce budworm
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Protection and harvest planning
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- Dimond, John B.
University of Maine - Seymour, Robert
University of Maine - Mott, Gordon
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (retired)
Because spraying cannot suppress outbreaks, its primary purpose is to protect trees from excessive defoliation and prevent mortality. As a result, economic, environmental, and social considerations dictate that we should spray as little as possible to achieve management goals. Combined with judicious selection of harvesting options, targeted spraying can significantly reduce the use of insecticides while sacrificing little forest value. In this handbook we describe this process as it has evolved in Maine, though the principles apply anywhere. The discussion will be in two sections: protection, which involves use of chemical or biological insecticides, and harvest planning.
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