Pheromone and Host Plant Odor Detection in Eastern Spruce Budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens, is an ecologically significant defoliator of spruce and balsam fir in North America. Optimization of semiochemical-mediated control is needed to improve the existing integrated pest management systems ...
Thanusha Suresh +2 more
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Effects of Topical Tebufenozide Application to Choristoneura fumiferana Pupae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is a defoliating pest in Canada and the northeastern United States. Given its important ecological and economic effects in affected regions, several direct management techniques have been ...
Lucas E. Roscoe +3 more
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Use of a Sprayable Sex Pheromone Formulation in Landscape-Level Control of Choristoneura fumiferana Populations [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Choristoneura fumiferana (SBW) is a major defoliating pest of balsam fir and spruce in eastern North America. As part of an integrated management strategy for SBW, we evaluated the effectiveness of mating disruption as a landscape-level population ...
Lucas E. Roscoe +5 more
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Avian Predation in a Declining Outbreak Population of the Spruce Budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The impact of avian predation on a declining population of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumifereana (Clem.), was measured using single-tree exclosure cages in a mature stand of balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.), and white spruce, Picea glauca (Moench.)
Jacques Régnière +2 more
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Forest Landscape Effects on Dispersal of Spruce Budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens, 1865) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) and Forest Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) Female Moths in Alberta, Canada [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Leaf-rollers and tent caterpillars, the families Torticidae and Lasiocampidae, represent a significant component of the Lepidoptera, and are well-represented in the forest insect pest literature of North America. Two species in particular—spruce budworm (
Barry J. Cooke
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Composition of the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) Midgut Microbiota as Affected by Rearing Conditions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) is one of the most destructive forest insect pests in Canada. Little is known about its intestinal microbiota, which could play a role in digestion, immune protection, communication and/or development.
Mathieu Landry +4 more
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Continent‐wide population genomic structure and phylogeography of North America’s most destructive conifer defoliator, the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, is presumed to be panmictic across vast regions of North America. We examined the extent of panmixia by genotyping 3,650 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci in 1975 individuals from 128 collections ...
Lisa M. Lumley +7 more
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Moths passing in the night: Phenological and genomic divergences within a forest pest complex [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2022 Temporal separation of reproductive timing can contribute to species diversification both through allochronic speciation and later reinforcement of species boundaries.
Tyler D. Nelson +2 more
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An integrated framework to identify and characterize regional-scale insect dispersal. [PDF]
Ecol ApplAbstract Forest pest insects cause major socio‐economic impacts, global losses of millions of dollars, and ecosystem changes. A key challenge for their management is tracing regional dispersal events critical to outbreak dynamics. We developed an integrated tracing framework for pest insects by combining isotope geolocation, ecological data, and ...
Dargent F +9 more
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The genome of a low-seeded mandarin, Premier, displays major structural changes due to gamma irradiation. [PDF]
Plant GenomeAbstract The mandarin (Citrus reticulata) variety Premier (11C017) is a gamma‐irradiated mutant hybrid derived from a cross between Murcott and Ellendale. The variety Premier exhibits favorable traits, including good fruit size and productivity similar to its progenitor variety (01C011), along with a reduced seed count compared to the progenitor. Here,
Nakandala U, Furtado A, Henry RJ.
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