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Title: Malathion aerial spray controls the pine needle-sheath miner
Author: Stevens, Robert E.
Date: 1966
Source: Res. Note PSW-RN-102. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p
Station ID: RN-PSW-102
Description: A water emulsion malathion spray, applied by helicopter at the rate of 1 lb. of insecticide in 25 gallons of water, effectively controlled the pine needle-sheath miner (Zelleria haimbachi Busck). Numbers of insects in the sprayed area were reduced by 98.6 percent 24 hours after treatment.
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Stevens, Robert E. 1966. Malathion aerial spray controls the pine needle -sheath miner. Res. Note PSW-RN-102. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p .