Adult Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica, emerge in July and August in Michigan, providing the potential for contamination of blueberries during harvest. Laboratory and field trials to test strategies for reducing background populations of this pest and for minimizing the presence of adults on bushes during harvest will be reported. Results from evaluations at commerical blueberry farms point toward promising sustainable approaches that can be adopted to provide a suppressive environment for beetle establishment and development.
Species 1: Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle)
Keywords: cultural control
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