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Québec research projects in seed orchards pest management

Summary

Published in Tree Seed Working Group - News Bulletin 33(May) 22p. Seed orchards are an important element in the reforestation program in Québec. Most of these seed orchards are managed in order to produce a maximum of seeds as quickly as possible. The presence of insect pests in these orchards, which provoke damage to cones and seeds, cannot be tolerated since they cause substantial loss, especially during the good years of crop production. These pests can considerably slow down the seed production in white spruce, black spruce and larch seed orchards, while for other tree species, the losses caused by insects are more sporadic. (...)

Sector(s): 

Forests

Categorie(s): 

Professional Article

Theme(s): 

Forestry Research, Seeds and Forest Seedlings Production

Author(s)

TRUDEL, Richard, Fabienne COLAS et Claude GUERTIN

Year of publication :

2001

Format :

Paper

How to get the publication :

Available at the Bibliothèque du Ministère

Keywords :

seed orchard, reforestation, seed, insect, pest, conifer, pheromone, Bacillus thuringiensis, pesticide, Dimethoate 480, seeds and forest seedlings production

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