Forest Protection Limited has a long-standing
commitment to participating in research that will enhance
the ability of forest and land managers to protect forestlands
responsibly and effectively.
Here is a list of some of the research
projects (both independent and in partnership with private
and public organizations) in which we’ve participated,
and in which we continue to participate.
2008 |
 | Optimized Aerial Application To PROPS Forest Polygons
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| | Automating Multiple Lines & Multiple Scenarios in Spray Advisor
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| | Pheromones For Long-Distance Attraction Of The Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
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| | To Develop & Test Pheromone Formulations For Use In Early Intervention Mgmt. Strategies Of The Spruce Budworm
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| | A Study of the Effects of Herbacious Vegetation Control & Aspen Stem Density on Boreal Mixedwood Stand Development
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| | Effects of Early Herbaceous & Woody Vegetation Control on Eastern White Pine
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| | Balsam Fir Sawfly Nucleopolyhedroviurs Use Againgst the Pine False Webworm
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| | Dynamics Of Endemic Spruce Budworm Populations In Armagh And Epaule
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| | Developing Hazard Ratings For The Balsam Woolly Adelgid In Atl. Canada: The Effect Of Stand Mgmt & Site Charac.On Frequency of Damage & Population Densities
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| | Impact of Eastern Black-Headed Budworm Defoliation on Balsam Fir Stands In Cape Breton, NS
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| | Hazard Ratings For Hemlock Looper
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| | Field Trials Using Alternative Formulations For Forest Protection Purposes
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| | Development Of Baculovirus Technologies To Control Forest Pest
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| | Establishing & Maintaining A Wind Tunnel Facility For Aerial Application Research
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| | Protection Planning System (PROPS) Enhancements
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| | Improvement of a Semiochemically-Based Trapping & Management System for the Tree-Killing Bark Beetle, dendroctonus rufipennis
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| | Should infection by Nosema fumiferanae be considered in jack pine budworm management decisions?
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| | Adaptation of Mountain Pine Beetle to the Boreal Environment and Novel Hosts
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| | Development of the Nucleopolyhedrovirus OISNPV As A Biological Control Agent For The Whitemarked Tussock Moth
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| | Calibration of a Forest Tent Caterpillar Population Impact & Detectability Model
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| | Investigation Into the Chemical Ecology of the Emerald Ash Borer, agrilus planipennis
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| | Monitoring and Control of the Pale Winged Grey Using Sex Pheromones
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| | Development of the lymantria dispar nucleopolyhedrovirus (LdMNPV) as a Biological Control Agent for Treatment of Gypsy Moth Egg Masses
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| | Mountain Pine Beetle - Climate Suitability Modelling
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| | Viral Pathogens of the Western Srpuce Budworm, choristoneura occidentalis
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| | Effectiveness & Elution Rates of a Biodegradable Flake Formulatio for Mating Disruption for Douglas-fir Tussock Moth, orgyia pseudotsugata
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| | Understanding Pheromone Baited Trap Catches for Forest Tent Caterpillar at Varying Population Densities
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| | Survey & Discovery of Entomopathogens Associated with Emeral Ash Borer & Native Agrilus Species in North America
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| | Jack Pine Budworm Impact Assessment for the Development of a Jack Pine Budworm Decision Support System
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| | Influence of Forest Stand Structure on the Distribution of Mountain Pine Beetles
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| | Bacteria and the Pine False Webworm (Acantholya erythrocephala, Pamphiliidae)
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| | Monitoring Pale-Wing Grey Moth Populations Using Oviposition Traps
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2007 |
| | Optimized Aerial Application To PROPS Forest Polygons
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| | Development, Validation, Application of Spray Advisor as a DSS for Optimizing Aerial Herbicide Sprays
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| | Pheromones For Long-Distance Attraction Of The Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
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| | To Develop & Test Pheromone Formulations For Use In Early Intervention Mgmt. Strategies Of The Spruce Budworm - Year 7
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| | A Study Of The Effects Of Herbaceous Vegetation Control & Aspen Stem Density On Boreal Mixedwood Stand Development
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| | Effects Of Ealy Herbaceous & Woody Vegetation Control On Eastern White Pine
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| | Dynamics Of Endemic Spruce Budworm Populations In Armagh And Epaule
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| | Developing Hazard Ratings For The Balsam Woolly Adelgid In Atl. Canada: The Effect Of Stand Mgmt & Site Charac.On Frequency of Damage & Population Densities
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| | Calibration of A Sex Pheromone Monitoring System For The Blackheaded Budworms Acleris variana and A. gloverana (Lepidoptera: Torticidae)
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| | Hazard Ratings For Hemlock Looper
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| | Field TrialsUsing Alternative Formulations For Forest Protection Purposes
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| | Development Of Baculovirus Technologies To Control Forest Pest
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| | Establishing & Maintaining A Wind Tunnel Facility For Aerial Application Research
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| | Economic Benefits Of Optimized Foliage Protection And Harvest Planning to Minimize Losses To Budworm And Area Treated
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| | Improvement Of A Pheromone Trapping System For The Tree-Killing Bark Beetle
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| | Develop Area Wide Treatments For Control Of Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
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| | Prevalence Of Nosema fumiferanae In Outbreak Populations Of The Jack Pine Budworm
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| | Adaptation of Mountain Pine Beetle to the Boreal Environment and Novel Hosts
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| | Forest Protection Training Course
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| | Development of Modeling Tools for Forest Canopy Spray Interception
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| | Towards The Development Of A Bacillus thuringiensis Product For Control of Sawflies
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| | Development of the Nucleopolyhedrovirus OISNPV As A Biological Control Agent For The Whitemarked Tussock Moth
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| | Development of Sampling Units, Monitoring Systems and Insect Density - Defoliation Relationships for Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly on White Spruce
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| | Calibration of a Forest Tent Caterpillar Population Impact & Detectability Model
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2006 |
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Optimized Aerial Application to PROPS Forest Polygon
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Development, Validation & Application of Spray Advisor as a DSS for Optimizing Aerial Herbicide Spray Programs |
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Pheromones for Long-Distance Attraction of The Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
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Develop & Test Pheromone Formulations for Use in Early Intervention Management Strategies of the Spruce Budworm |
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Effects of Herbaceous Vegetation Control & Aspen Stem Density on Boreal Mixedwood Stand Development
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Effects of Early Herbaceous & Woody Vegetation Control on Eastern White Pine |
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Balsam Fir Sawfly Nucleopolyhedrovirus use Against other Sawflie
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Dynamics of Endemic Spruce Budworm Populations in Armagh & Epaule |
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Developing Hazard Ratings for the Balsam Woolly Adelgid in Atlantic Canada
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Development of a Sex Pheromone Monitoring System for the Blackheaded Budworm |
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Development of a Pest Management Program & Impact Assessment for the Eastern Blackheaded Budworm |
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Hazard Ratings for Hemlock Looper |
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Development of a More Sensitive Monitoring Trap for the Whitemarked Tussock Moth Using New Pheromone System |
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Development of Baculovirus Technologies to Control Forest Pest |
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Establishing & Maintaining a Wind Tunnel Facility for Aerial Application Research |
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Monitoring & Control of the Pale Winged Grey Using Sex Pheromones |
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Effects of Habitat Amount & Configuration on Natural Mortality Factors of the Eastern Blackheaded Budworm |
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Cost Effectiveness of Pest Management Investments: Expanding PROPS To Include Costs, Product Value & Carbon |
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Development of Beauviria bassiana as a Mycoinsecticide Against Native & Exotic Insect Pests of Forests & Plantations |
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Improvement of a Pheromone Trapping System For the Bark Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis |
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Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Deposit Trials |
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Utah Long Distance Drift Trials |
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Ontario JPBW Pheromone Application |
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Should Infection by Nosema fumiferanae be Considered in Jack Pine Budworm Management Decisions? |
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Suitability of Jack Pine for Mountain Pine Beetle Development & Survival |
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Development of the fungus Beauveria bassiana as a biological control agent of forest Lepidoptera |
2005 |
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Aerial Application to PROPS Forest Polygon
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Knowledge Synthesis and Decision Support For Aerial Pesticide Application in Forestry
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Pheromones For Long-distance Attraction of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle, Tetropium fuscum (coleopteran: Cerambycidae) |
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To Develop and Test Pheromone Formulations For Use in Early Intervention Management Strategies of the Spruce Budworm |
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A Study of the Effect of Herbaceous Vegetation Control and Aspen Stem Density on Boreal Mixedwood Stand Development
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Effects of Early Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation Control on Eastern White Pine |
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Balsam Fir Sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) Nucleopolyhedrovirus |
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Dynamics of Endemic Spruce Budworm Populations in Armagh and Epaule |
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Development Hazard Ratings for the Balsam Woolly Adelgid in Atlantic Canada: The Effect of Stand Management on frequency and Intensity of Balsam Woolly Adelgid Populations |
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Development of Aerial Application Efficacy Data for ENTRUST 80W (80% Spinosad) On Yellow Headed Spruce Sawfly and Pine False Webworm |
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Implementing a Jack Pine Budworm Pheromone Monitoring System |
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The Use of Mycoinsecticides for the Biological Control of Native and Exotic Pests of Forests and Plantations |
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Development of a Sex Pheromone Monitoring System for the Eastern Blackheaded Budworm Acleris variana (Fer.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) |
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Development of a Pest Management Program and Impact Assessement for the Eastern Blackheaded Budworm in Cape Breton, NS |
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Spray Collection Characteristics of Folliage and Targets in Forestry |
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Sampling Sprays to Obtain Representative Cross Section Average Droplet Size Spectra |
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Hazard Ratings for Hemlock Looper |
