From the H2020 IPM-Popillia Project: an ongoing field experiment with entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes
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Gian Paolo Barzanti, Giulia Torrini, Claudia Benvenuti, Immacolata Iovinella, Agostino Strangi, Chiara Sciandra, Francesco Barbieri, Tanja Graf, Fionna Knecht, Stefania Simoncini, Francesco Paoli, Giuseppe Mazza, Giuseppino Sabbatini Peverieri, Giselher Grabenweger, Leonardo Marianelli
Pages: 2-5
Abstract: Popillia japonica (Pj) is a polyphagous alien pest established in Northern Italy since
2014. Its pre-imaginal life is spent entirely in the soil. A large three-year field trial to assess the potential control of Pj larvae using entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes showed the latter to be highly effective and able to survive in the soil. Fungi had a lesser and slower effect.