Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0297

Biological control of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae): A comparison of predators

Annie Paradis, aparadis@psis.umass.edu1, Joseph Elkinton, elkinton@ent.umass.edu2, Roy Van Driesche, vandries@nre.umass.edu3, Michael Montgomery, memontgomery@fs.fed.us4, Roy Hunkins, rhunkins@student.umass.edu1, George Boettner, boettner@psis.umass.edu5, and Suzanne Lyon, slyon@psis.umass.edu6. (1) University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Plant Soil and Insect Sciences, 101 Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA, (2) University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, 250 Natural Resources Rd., rm. #307, Amherst, MA, (3) University of Massachusetts, Entomology, 102 Fernald Hall, 270 Stockbridge Road, Amherst, MA, (4) USDA Forest Service, 51 Mill Pond Road, Hamden, CT, (5) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, 250 Natural Resources Rd, Amherst, MA, (6) University of Massachusetts, PSIS/Entomology, Fernald Hall, UMASS, Amherst, MA



Species 1: Hemiptera Adelgidae Adelges tsugae (hemlock woolly adelgid)