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Paenibacillus popilliae for control of Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting turfgrass

Andrea Bixby, abixby@mail.uri.edu1, Steven Alm1, Shahid Karim, kshahid@uri.edu2, and Douglas Dingman3. (1) University of Rhode Island, Department of Plant Sciences, 9 East Alumni Ave, Suite 7, Kingston, RI, (2) University of Rhode Island, Center for Vector-Borne Disease, 9 East Alumni Ave, Suite # 7, Kingston, RI, (3) The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Biochemistry and Physics, 123 Huntington Street, P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, CT

Commercially available powder and granular formulations of Paenibacillus popilliae were evaluated in the field for the control of Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman larvae. Milky disease bacteria from naturally infected, field collected scarab larvae in Rhode Island and from commercial formulations were evaluated by use of peroral injection, and bioassays for pathogenic efficacy.


Species 1: Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle)

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