Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle mortality in felled logs
Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle mortality in felled logs
Mata, S.A.; Schmid, J.M.; Leatherman, D.A.
Research Note Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service (RN-13): 4 pp.
2002
Diesel fuel oil was applied to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) infested bolts of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) in early June. Just prior to the fuel oil application and 6 weeks later, 0.5 ft2 bark samples were removed from each bolt and the numbers of live beetles counted.