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Title: Determining feeding preference hierarchy in gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar) using choice test bioassays

Author: Shields, Vonnie D.C.; Broomell, Brian P.; Salako, Jelilat O.B.

Date: 2003

Source: In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 84.

Station ID: GTR-NE-300

Description: The larva of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L. is considered to be one of the most serious forest pests of North America.

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Shields, Vonnie D.C.; Broomell, Brian P.; Salako, Jelilat O.B.  2003.  Determining feeding preference hierarchy in gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar) using choice test bioassays.   In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 84..