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06 September 2023

How polyphagous is the Japanese beetle? Spoiler: over 400 host plants!

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We thought it would be useful to update the list of P. japonica host plants. In this respect, the dataset deposited by Tayeh et al. (2023) serves two purposes: (1) to provide a list of the host plants of Popillia japonica via a comprehensive review o...

29 August 2023

Automated reporting of Japanese beetle observations to national authorities within the IPM Popillia Citizen Science App

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Pest management

Regulatory reporting of invasive alien species or controlled pests such as the Japanese beetle to national authorities can be challenging for citizens. Therefore, in the IPM Popillia Horizon 2020 project, the "Automated Reporting System" (ARS) ...

26 July 2023

First outbreak of Japanese beetle north of the alps

Pest management

Europe is facing the first Japanese beetle outbreak north of the alps. The phytosanitary service of Zurich in Switzerland has detected Popillia japonica in monitoring traps and on herbs and shrubs in an area close to the airport of Zurich. The delimi...

New insights in Popillia japonica life

Friday, 30 June 2023

Agostino Strangi (CREA - DC)

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New insights in Popillia japonica life

In the past months many field trials and lab experiments gave their results, and they are good results! In our lab, we found that a family of molecules called "saponins", that are naturally present in alfalfa plants, have a significant antifeedant and insecticidal effects on Popillia. Basing on this molecules, it will be possible to devel...

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Open- day at CREA

Wednesday, 21 December 2022

Agostino Strangi (CREA - DC)

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Today 20th December 2022, some students from the University of Florence and Pisa come to visit CREA @CREAricerca in an Open-Day program. We talked about the answers that Research can provide to the new challenges in agriculture, our works and, of course, the IPM-POPILLIA project.

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Natural allies against Popillia japonica: Entomopathogenic fungi

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Agostino Strangi (CREA - DC)

Pest management

Metarhizium robertsii strain 17/T02

Entomopathogenic fungi are micro-organisms naturally occurring in the environment, most of all in soil. They are natural parasites of insects that proliferate killing their host. Metarhizium is one of the most used ones in biological control. The CREA team has isolated a Metarhizium robertsii strain called 17/T02 ...

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