Tagging of the Southern Pine Beetle with Phosphorus 32 1
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 5 (6) , 1065-1067
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/5.6.1065
Abstract
A radioisotope-tagging technique for tracing the dispersal of the southern pine beetle from one host tree to another proved satisfactory in laboratory and field-cage tests. Phosphorus 32 ( 32 P) was applied in an aqueous glycerine suspension to the bark before beetles emerged. Emerging beetles picked up and carried the radio-tag, and left the major portion in the pitch tube of the new host bolt.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: