ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Leininger, T.D; Solomon, J.D.; Wilson, A. Dan; Schiff, N.M. 1999. A Guide to Major Insects, Diseases, Air Pollution Injury, and Chemical Injury of Sycamore. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-28. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 44 p.
We appreciate the constructive reviews
of this manuscript for scientific
content from: Edward Barnard, Division
of Forestry, Forest Health Section,
Gainesville, FL; Richard Goyer, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA;
Lynne Thompson, University of Arkansas
at Monticello, AR; and R. Jay Stipes,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA.
We gratefully acknowledge the following
individuals or agencies for photographs
or specimens for making photographs
of some pests: J.F. Butler, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL (white
marked tussock female moth); L.C. Thompson,
University of Arkansas at
Monticello, Monticello, AR (fall webworm
egg mass, drab prominent larva,
case-bearing leaf beetle larva); W.T.
Johnson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(sycamore plant bug and leaf injury,
American plum borer injury); R.J. Gill,
California Department of Food and Agriculture,
Sacramento, CA (European fruit
lecanium); F.M. Davis, USDA ARS, Mississippi
State University, MS (European
corn borer larva); J.C. Nord (retired),
USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
(Colombian timber beetle); G.J. Lenhard,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA (whitefringed beetle adult); G.W.
Zehnder, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
(whitefringed beetle larvae); R. J. Stipes,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA (untreated
sycamores with anthracnose vs. fungicide treated
sycamore); J.L. Sherald, Center
for Urban Ecology, National Park Service,
Washington, D.C. (branch symptoms
caused by Xylellu fustidiosa); J.N. Bruhn,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
(fruiting bodies and mycelial fan of
Armillaria tabescens); L.W. Kress,
USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle
Park, NC (ozone injury).
We also wish to thank the current and
former staff at the Southern Hardwoods
Laboratory, Stoneville, MS, and the
Southern Hardwood Forestry Research
Group, Stoneville, MS, for help in locating
insect infestations and disease problems
in the field to study and photograph
and for technical advice during this
project. Former staff of the Southern
Hardwoods Laboratory also provided
photographs that were used in this project.
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