First look into mass trapping method a co-worker developed (see link below). Intent was to protect high value crops, but beetle trap rate was so high that finding use for biomass became an issue. Composting and incineration are low to no return approaches.


https://ipm.missouri.edu/IPCM/2018/1/mass_trapping_japanese_beetles/


Last edited by Jim Wetzel; 03/09/18 02:11 PM.

Aquaculture
Cooperative Research / Extension
Lincoln University of Missouri