Presentations
W8
Pest Management
Wed, Dec 19, 2018
8:00am to 8:50am
W1
Pest Management
Wed, Dec 19, 2018
1:00pm to 1:50pm
Great Lakes, Great TImes (for Grubs): Asiatic Garden Beetle as a Field Crops Pest in the Great Lakes Region
This session will cover what is known about the Asiatic garden beetle (AGB), a relatively recent invader into Indiana and surrounding states. AGB’s status as a field crops pest is unique to the Great Lakes region of northern Indiana, northern Ohio and southern Michigan. Specific topics will include both historic information and new research on its life cycle, movement and host plants; relationship to soil type; damage/ impacts; and management.
Speaker
Chris DiFonzo
Received an MS and PhD in entomology at the University of Minnesota, in potato pest management, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Volcani Ag Research Center in Israel. Since 1996, has been the field crops entomologist at MSU with extension and research responsibilities in corn, soybean, small grains, dry beans, sugar beet, and other specialty field crops. Teaching responsibilities include the general entomology for the MSU College of Ag and a course covering pesticide regulations and impacts.