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July 26, 2011

Nebraska field crops gets visitor the Japanese Beetle

For the last 20 years the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) has been found in many urban regions in the US. This is the first time one has been found near crops, Randy Pryor who visited a field in response to a grower found the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) adults feeding on the soybean plants.

They are a common pest of corn and soybean in the eastern corn belt, but we have not received previous reports of injury in Nebraska corn or soybeans. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers
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