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Science 8 March 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4128, pp. 972 - 973
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4128.972
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Disruption of Gypsy Moth Mating with Microencapsulated Disparlure

E. Alan Cameron 1, Charles P. Schwalbe 1, M. Beroza 2, and E. F. Knipling 2

1 Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
2 Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Broadcast applications of microencapsulated disparlure at rates of 2.5 to 15.0 grams per hectare are capable of reducing successful mating of wild gypsy moths under field conditions. In test plots, population densities were as high as 32 pairs of pupae in an area of about 700 square meters.

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