Spray Efficacy Research Group Workshop
Spruce Budworm Research Review

2003 Proceedings


SPRUCE BUDWORM: EPIDEMIOLOGY & FORMATION OF LANDSCAPES
Title/Author
SERG #
Page
Spruce budworm outbreak process as I understand it
Dr. Tom Royama
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1
Spruce budworm epidemiology and adaptive management
Barry Cooke, Jacques Régnière CFS- LFC & Vince Nealis, CFS-PFC
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3
Disturbing forest disturbances
Jan Volney & Kelvin Hirsch, CFS- NFC
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10
Landscape level interactions: Spruce budworm and fire
Richard Fleming, CFS-GLFC, J-N. Candau, OFRI, Rob S. McAlpine, Fire Science and Technology, William J. de Groot, CFS-NFC
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11
Spruce decline syndrome in the Fort Nelson forest district
Jennifer Burleigh, Phero Tech Inc. & Marnie Duthie-Holt MEDI-FOR Forest Health Consulting
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14
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: ADVANCES & IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW-TECHNOLOGY
Statistical modeling of rotary atomizer droplet sizes in the development of a FORAY droplet size database
Harold Thistle, John Ghent, USDA-FS, Andrew Hewitt, Stewart Ag. Research & Milton Teske, Continuum Dynamics Inc
2003/01
20
Integrated research, development and commercialization in forest protection technologies
Dave Davies, Gerry Cormier, FPL & Ghislain Rousseau, Yves Garant, SOPFIM
2001/01-2003
24
Comparison of deposit to small blocks from aerial application made by fixed and rotary-winged aircraft
Peter Amirault, FPL
2003/06
27
GPS technology in air attack on forest fires
Fred Ramirez, Lai Nguyen, AGNAV
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35
REGULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCIENCE
Regulatory issues: Future direction
Terry Caunter, PMRA
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39
PROVINCIAL PEST MANAGEMENT REPORTS: CROSS-COUNTRY PEST CONDITIONS
AB (Sunil Ranasinghe)
SK (Rory McIntosh)
MB (Keith Knowles)
ON (Taylor Scarr)
PQ (Denise Moranville)
NB (Nelson Carter)
NF (Hubert Crummey)
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40
45
49
54
55
59
65
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
The Spruce Budworm Decision Support System
A tool for determining potential wood supply losses and for prioritizing insecticide protection

Dave MacLean & Kevin B. Porter, UNB
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68
Operational implementation of SBW DSS in Saskatchewan
Brendan Hemens BioForest Technologies Inc. & Robert Moore, SE
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74
Operational implementation of DSS tools
Jacques Régnière, CFS-LFC
1995/09-2003
78
DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION SUPPORT, MANAGEMENT AND DETECTION SYSTEMS
Spruce budworm phenology on black and white spruce hosts
Jan Volney, CFS- NFRC
2003/09
94
Monitoring spruce budworm health: Improved management decisions?
Kees van Frankenhuyzen CFS- GLFC
2003/04
95
Development and testing of pheromone formulations for use in early intervention management strategies of the Spruce budworm.
Ed Kettela, CFS- AFC
1995/07-2003
98
Development of a consistent trap-bait and trapping system for Jack Pine budworm (Choristoneura pinus pinus)
Peter Silk, Silk Biochemical Services & Ed Kettela, CFS-AFC
2001/04-2003
100
Development of a Jack Pine Budworm Decision Support System
Tony Hopkin, CFS-GLFC
2003/02
102
Development of an effective trap and lure for detection of the brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
John Sweeney, CFS- AFC, P. de Groot, L. MacDonald, CFS-GLFC, S. Smith, U of Toronto, C. Cocquempot, INRA-ENSA, France, M. Kenis, CABI Bioscience, Switzerland & J. Gutowski, FRI, Poland
2002/01-2003
103
Investigations of gypsy moth forecasting methods and the effects of defoliation on tree growth and mortality under Maritime forest conditions
Chris Norfolk & Dave MacLean, UNB
2003/05
109
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOPESTICIDES AND APPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES
B.t.k. experimental field trials against spruce budworm in Quebec, 1996-2001: An Overview.
Alain Dupont, Nathalie Carisey, Alain Bélanger, SOPFIM, Éric Bauce, Université de Laval & Kees van Frankenhuyzen, CFS- GLFC
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114
B.t.k. aerial spray treatment prescriptions for Balsam fir stand protection against spruce budworm.
Alain Dupont, Nathalie Carisey, Alain Bélanger, SOPFIM, Éric Bauce, Université de Laval & Kees van Frankenhuyzen, CFS- GLFC
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117
Effects of Mimic® bioinsecticide on the species diversity of non-target Lepidoptera in an operational spruce budworm suppression program in northwestern Manitoba
Richard Westwood, U of Winnipeg
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123
Comparative efficacy of B.t.k. on Balsam fir and white spruce trees attacked by spruce budworm.
Alain Dupont, Nathalie Carisey, Alain Bélanger SOPFIM & Éric Bauce, Sylvain Miron, Université de Laval
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124
Impact of Cystosporogenes, a Microsporidian parasite, on the GLFC laboratory colony of the eastern spruce budworm and its elimination from the colony
Kees van Frankenhuyzen, Peter Ebling & Bob McCron, CFS-GLFC
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131
Development of a Neem-based bioinsecticide and systemic tree injection system
Joe Meating, Paul Bolan, BioForest Technologies Inc & Blair Helson, CFS-GLFC
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132
Balsam fir sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) Nucleopolyhedrovirus
Chris Lucarotti, E. G. Kettela, G. S. Thurston, S. Holmes, C. Weaver, B. Morin, G. Moreau, CFS- AFC, D. C. Davies, FPL & D. B. Levin, U of Victoria
2000/07-2003A
135
Field trials of Balsam fir sawfly Nucleopolyhedrovirus against pest sawflies in southern Ontario pine plantations
Ed Kettela & Chris Lucarotti, CFS- AFC
2000/07-2003B
136
Exclusion zones within aerially herbicide-treated spray blocks Assessing the potential of integrated aerial application technologies
Dean Thompson, R. Campbell, A. Robinson, D. Chartrand, B. Staznik, B. Wojtaszek, M. O’Toole CFS- GLFC, J. Leach, P. Guido, B. Cassidy, Tembec & P. Hodgins, General Airspray Ltd
2003/03
138
Aerial application of pest management products for gypsy moth suppression
Graham Thurston & Edward Kettela, CFS-AFC
2003/05
144
The efficacy of formulated glyphosate as influenced by active ingredient concentration in the spray mix and by dew.
Robert Campbell & John A. Studens, CFS- GLFC
2003/08
146
Effects of herbaceous vegetation control and aspen stem density on boreal mixed wood stand establishment
Doug Pitt, CFS- GLFC, Milo Mihajlovich, Incremental Forest Technologies, Phil Comeau, U of Alberta & Dan MacIsaac, CFS
2002/06-2003
147
Effects of herbaceous vegetation on white pine establishment, growth and stem quality
Doug Pitt, CFS- GLFC, Len Lanteigne, CFS-AFC, Bill Parker, Wayne Bell, Andree Morneault, OMNR & Al Stinson, Tembec
2000/02-2003
152
Old measurement trials for intensive forest management plant competition, site preparation and conifer release studies
Wayne Bell, OMNR
2002/04-2003
157
LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Increasing carbon sequestration through forest protection programs
Ed Kettela, CFS- AFC & Taylor Scarr, OMNR
2002/07-2003
164
Impacts and adaptations to climate change in the prairie region
Mark Johnson, SRC
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166
Pest management in protected areas of Alberta
Hidije Ono, ASRD
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173
Forest insect responses to climate change and their management implications
Rich Fleming, CFS-GLFC & J-N. Candau, OFRI
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177
SERG Terms of Reference
179
SERG Long Term Plan
191
SERG 2003 Work Plan
194
List of Attendees
208