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Red Pine Nursery Stock Fumigation in Michigan Conservation Department Nurseries

The European pine shoot moth has become one of the most serious plantation pests of red pine in Michigan. It was introduced into the United States in 1913 and first recorded in Michigan in 1930. Since that time it has been reported in most of the counties in Lower Michigan and in 5 of the 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula. These 5 are Houghton, Schoolcraft, Mackinac, Luce, and Chippewa. Distribution of the shoot moth into and throughout the State has been mainly a result of infested nursery stock. The shoot moth larva overwinters in a bud and can therefore be in the stock during fall and spring shipping seasons.


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Author(s): Paul R. Flink, Paul Brigham

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 37 (1959)