Effects of Mimic(R) bioinsecticide on the species diversity of non-target forest Lepidoptera in an operational spruce budworm (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae: Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.) suppression program in northwestern Manitoba
A new biochemical insecticide, Mimic [R] (Dow Agrochemicals), has recently been registered in Canada for the control of lepidopteran defoliators in forest ecosystems. The active ingredient, tebufenozide, mimics the insect molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, in larvae of some species of Lepidoptera...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/7830 |