IPM-Popillia
Integrated pest management of japanese beetle
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About the IPM-Popillia project
» Read more...The aim of IPM-Popillia is to address the challenge of a new risk to plant health in Europe, the invasion of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica. This pest was introduced accidentally to mainland Europe in 2014 (EPPO 2014) and can easily spread in the course of trade and the movement of goods and people. P. japonica threatens the entire agricultural sector, urban landscapes, and biodiversity in invaded areas.
Prevention of the species’ invasion faces two constraints: The possibilities to restrict the movement of goods and people are limited, and successful eradication of the population established south of the Italian-Suisse border is impossible.
From the Blog
Predicting the probability of Japanese beetle establishment in Europe: the first building block of a risk-based surveillance strategy
Is continental Europe suitable for the Japanese beetle to survive and persist in the long term? To answer this question, we built a database of beetle distribution data and environmental predictors su...
Emerging Collaborations in the IPM Citizen Science App
To increase the reach and sustainability of funding, the IPM-Popillia Citizen Science App Toolkit can open up collaboration with other research or monitoring projects regarding controlled pe...
Interactive map of Europe's suitability for the Japanese beetle
The map can be viewed directly below.All figures and maps, as well as the data and script (written in the R programming environment) are freely available here: https://doi.org/10.57745/GM2YVL. How do ...
Conference Folder for the Citizen Science Conference in Pisa 2023
SPOTTERON designed a folder for IPM Popillia for the Italian Citizen Science Conference in Pisa, which we attended last weekend. This folder serves as an introduction to the project for fellow Citizen...
Time to prepare for the insects: Ready Your iSCOUT® Traps!
Have you already placed your iSCOUT® traps on the field? Insects are emerging to feast on your crops. It is best to stay vigilant and use the iSCOUT® electronic traps for the remote monitoring of the ...
Latest Blogs
17 April 2024
Have you already placed your iSCOUT® traps on the field? Insects are emerging to feast on your crops. It is best to stay vigilant and use the iSCOUT® electronic traps for the remote monitoring of the important insects that affect your fields.Dust off...
12 April 2024
To increase the reach and sustainability of funding, the IPM-Popillia Citizen Science App Toolkit can open up collaboration with other research or monitoring projects regarding controlled pest species or invasive species. First talks have b...
20 December 2023
Here is an interactive map showing the suitability of Europe for the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica). This map is the result of our INRAE team's modelling efforts and shows predictions of environmental suitability. You can read more about t...
