V. Zumr et P. Stary, LATEX PAINT AS AN ANTIFEEDANT AGAINST HYLOBIUS-ABIETIS (L) (COL, CURCULIONIDAE) ON CONIFER SEEDLINGS, Anzeiger fur Schadlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz, 68(2), 1995, pp. 42-43
LATEX paint in water solution applied to newly planted conifer seedlin
gs was found to prevent damage by Hylobius abietis adult weevils for t
he whole season. Treatment of the basal third of the trunk was suffici
ent. Also, utilisation of the results as a model for deer-antifeedant
treatments and protection against the weevils is recommended.