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Insect Growth Regulators for Eastern Spruce Budworm Control — A Workshop Help at the Second Eastern Spruce Budworm Research Work Conference University of Maine, Orono, 16-18 January 1978

Problem Addressed: Eastern spruce budworm
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Outline research directions and priorities concerning insect growth regulators (IGRs) for possible use against eastern spruce budworm.
Key Findings: Discussion leading to influencing support forthcoming from the government, university and industry planners arranging the program
Views: 837
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The Significance of Non-Host and Alternative Host Tree Species on Populations of Larval Spruce Budworm, with Emphasis on Improving Sampling Techniques (1981)

Problem Addressed: Larval Spruce Budworm
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Evaluate spruce budworm populations and defoliation levels on host species of trees in Maine
Key Findings: Implications of regression analyses results with regard to implementation and recommendations for future work
Views: 725
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Degrade and Decay of Spruce-Fir Timber Following Spruce Budworm Attack (1978)

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm destruction of over 300 million cords of balsam fir pulpwood and saw timber, with demand for balsam fir increasing continually.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Information presented as a summary of what is known about spruce budworm-caused degrade and decay of balsam fir and, to a lesser extent, spruce.
Views: 840
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Economic Impact of the Spruce Budworm Outbreak in Newfoundland

Problem Addressed: Economic cost of spruce budworm issues
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Assess cost of spruce budworm
Key Findings: It is difficult to quantify the long-term impact of the outbreak on wood supplies and the forest environment and thus more research is required
Views: 962
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Research Work Proposed for Maine Forest Service for Fiscal Year 1976: Determining Silvicultural Guidelines for the Maximization of Spruce Budworm Larval Mortality Through Dispersal Losses and Natural Enemy Pressures

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Provide silvicultural guidelines for the maximization of larval mortality
Key Findings: Overview of the research that will be done in this 3-5 year study on larval mortality.
Views: 809
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Future Impacts of Spruce Budworm Management a Dynamic Simulation of the Maine Forest 1980-2020

Problem Addressed: Preprint of a technical report under final preparation; Green Woods Project is dedicated to the development and implementation of an integrated protection management system for spruce budworm
Key Findings: Confirm that the protection program is necessary to ensure the very existence of the forest in the future.
Views: 905
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