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Title: DDT spray for control of the ponderosa pine tip moth (Rhyacionia zozana [Kearfott])

Author: Stevens, Robert E.

Date: 1965

Source: Res. Note PSW-RN-057. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p

Station ID: RN-PSW-057

Description: A water emulsion spray of DDT applied by hand sprayer to young trees infested with eggs and early-instar larvae of the ponderosa pine tip moth halted further larval activity and effectively prevented all damage.

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Stevens, Robert E.  1965.  DDT spray for control of the ponderosa pine tip moth (Rhyacionia zozana [Kearfott]).   Res. Note PSW-RN-057. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 3 p.