Controlling Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
Infestations in the Southeastern U.S.
Christopher J. Fettig, Postdoctoral Research Associate;
Mark J. Dalusky, Research Coordinator; and
C. Wayne Berisford, Professor of Entomology with the Department of
Entomology;
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605
Table 8. Comparisons between optimal spray dates determined on site at 16
field locations throughout the Southeastern U. S. during 1996-1998 and predicted
optimal spray periods
|
Location |
Year |
Weather Station Location a |
Generation 1 Spray |
Generation 2 Spray |
Generation 3 Spray |
Generation 4 Spray |
|
Alabama |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Escambia Co. |
1996 |
Brewton (30 km ESE) |
0 b |
1 |
nac |
na |
|
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Athens |
1997 |
Athens (5 km SW) |
3 |
1 |
3 |
- d |
|
Jefferson Co. |
1997 |
Louisville (8 km W) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
1998 |
Louisville (7.5 km W) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
na |
|
Oglethorpe Co. |
1998 |
Athens (30.5 km WNW) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Taylor Co. |
1998 |
Talbotton (37 km WNW) |
na |
1 |
na |
na |
|
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chowan Co. |
1996 |
Edenton (9.5 km S) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Connarista |
1996 |
Lewiston (13.5 km SW) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Halifax Co. |
1996 |
Roanoke Rapids (21 km E) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
Hertford Co. |
1998 |
Murfreesboro (16 km SW) |
0 |
1 |
na |
- |
|
Pleasant Hill |
1996 |
Emporia, VA (22.5 km N) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
|
South Carolina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Almeda |
1997 |
Hampton (17 km NW) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brunswick Co. |
1996 |
Lawrenceville (13 km WSW) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
Isle of Wight Co |
1996 |
Wakefield (30.5 km WNW) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Southampton Co. |
1998 |
Holland (22.5 km ENE) |
0 |
0 |
na |
- |
|
Sussex Co. |
1998 |
Emporia (5 km W) |
1 |
0 |
na |
- |
a
Approximate distance and coordinate from field site to weather
station location.
b Numbers refer to the differences between dates in terms of 5 day
optimal spray periods
c na; data not available.
d -; data not applicable.
