title: Dispersal of 10-14-mesh corncob granules in stacked tires.
abstract: Dispersal of 10-14-mesh corncob granules was evaluated in 2 random-stacked tire piles, one shingle-stacked tire pile, and one column-stacked tire pile located in a used-tire storage facility in Chicago, IL. Ninety percent and 98%, respectively, of the tires in the 2 random-stacked piles contained granules. In the shingle-stacked tire pile 87% of the tires sampled contained granules, and the number of granules per tire was dependent on depth. The 2 bottom rows of tires were 73.9% less likely to contain granules than the 5 rows above them. In the column-stacked tire pile 91.2% of the tires contained granules and the relationship between granule recovery and tire depth was logarithmic. Overall, the dispersal of 10-14-mesh corncob granules was comparable to that of 8-mesh corncob granules evaluated in a previous study at this site.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Economic Entomology, Champaign 61820, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cieslik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thennisch
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Novak
mesh_terms: D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues