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The Construction and Performance of a Portable, Precision Spray Chamber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert L. Lyon  and
Richard W. Bushing
Robert L. Lyon
Affiliation:
Entomologists, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwesr Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California
Richard W. Bushing
Affiliation:
Entomologists, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwesr Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, California
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A spray chamber provides an efficient means for screening promising insecticide compounds, a procedure that oftentimes serves as a useful preliminary to field tests, which are more expensive and less controllable. In research with residual insecticides for controlling bark beetles, we found a need for rapidly reproducing insecticide deposits on sections of fibreboard to test their toxicity. A spray chamber was constructed for this purpose. Its design and operation are described here.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 9 , September 1961 , pp. 785 - 794
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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