Open AccessSprays Ineffective for Preventing Sapsucker Damage on Sugar Maple ( Acer saccharum )
Author(s) -
E. Thomas Smiley,
Donald C. Booth,
Liza Wilkinson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.2009.005
Subject(s) - maple , sugar , aceraceae , saccharum , horticulture , biology , botany , food science
The yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) is the primary cause of sapsucker damage on trees in the eastern United States. Twenty sugar maple (Acer saccharum) trunks were treated with repellent sprays and compared with untreated controls. Sprays applied were bitrex, methyl anthraniltate, and thiram. Sapsucker feeding damage was quantified weekly. None of the sprays were effective in reducing trunk attack by sapsucker.