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Forest entomology

Forecasting the pest population behaviour. The host plant - pest interaction; the role of natural predators.


Specialists
  • Agnis Šmits
  • Zane Striķe
  • Ingars Siliņš
Finished projects
  • Impact of defoliation on needle-gnawing pests
  • Monitoring of forest pests and the development of biodiversity components
  • Impact of climatic changes on the development tendencies with forest pests
  • Approbation of mechanical protection methods of (mix of glue and sand and cardboard containers) against the large pine weevil and a comparison with the conventional methods of protecting the nursery stock against pests
  • Identifying the region of multiplication of nun moth Lymantria monacha, conducting monitoring, and developing methods for keeping potential damage under control

 
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