Perroy, R.L., Rodriguez, R., Johnson, M.T., & Jarvis, O. 2025 Scaling up the deployment of Psidium cattleyanum biocontrol in a tropical forest. Journal of Economic Entomology XX(XX): 1-11

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Notes: Tectococcus ovatus Hempel (Homoptera: Eriococcidae) is an approved biocontrol for strawberry guava, but its introduction to date has been restricted to areas with established road and trail networks using ground-based methods. This work developed and tested aerial methods of deploying T. ovatus, within the larger goal of statewide introduction across Hawaiian forests. Aerial imagery was used to determine inoculation success and quantify spatiotemporal spread. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaf147