Dr. Kelley Tilmon, professor of entomology at The Ohio State University, shared “Asiatic Garden Beetle as an Emerging Pest of Corn” during this Pests and Progress webinar.
Asiatic Garden Beetle (AGB) t has been in the United States over 100 years and also has many plant hosts, including weeds. Its larval, grub form has occasionally caused issues in turf grass and in some ornamentals, but it started damaging corn crops and affecting yield loss in 2006. Learn about recent efforts to understand AGB biology and behavior, along with opportunities for management using nematodes as a biological control.
Resource links from Dr. Tilmon:
https://aginsects.osu.edu/sites/aginsects/files/imce/AGB%20bulletin%20to%20print%20UPDATED.pdf
https://aginsects.osu.edu/sites/aginsects/files/imce/AGB_EPN_Handout_Feb2020.pdf
https://aginsects.osu.edu/sites/aginsects/files/imce/AGB%20AGINSECTS%202023.pdf