Bark beetles associated with killed Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.) in Patrick County, Virginia

Killed Virginia pine, (Pinus virginiana Mill.), held in the vertical position, attracted 99.65 percent of the insects in the families Scolytidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, and Buprestidae. The remaining 0.35 percent were collected from nontreated control trees. The dominant insect species were analyzed regarding seasonal abundance and specificity in selecting suitable host material.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Department dc:contributor.department

Entomology

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1972

Author dc:creator

• Hines, John Warren

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Heikkenen, Herman John

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Grayson, James McD.
• Cochran, Donald G.
• Pienkowski, Robert L.

• insect infestation

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11012008-063645

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45419