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2. Let's Grow: Beating the invasion of Japanese beetles - AOL

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   A long-term solution is to apply “Milky Spore” bacteria in the vicinity of the plants that Japanese beetles are attracted to. Milky Spore is a microorganism that gives grubs indigestion, after ...

3. Milky spore - Wikipedia

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   Within 7–21 days the grub will eventually die and as the grub decomposes, billions of new spores are released into the soil. Milky spore in the soil is not harmful to beneficial insects, birds, bees, pets, or people; and milky spore, like other bacteria, is highly survivable in drought conditions but suffers in temperatures of Zone 5 and colder.

4. Japanese beetle - Wikipedia

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   During that stage, it is susceptible to a fatal disease called milky spore disease, caused by a bacterium called milky spore, Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) popilliae. The USDA developed this biological control, and it is commercially available in powder form for application to lawn areas. Standard applications (low density across a broad ...

5. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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   Biological control agents of weeds include seed predators, herbivores, and plant pathogens. Biological control can have side-effects on biodiversity through attacks on non-target species by any of the above mechanisms, especially when a species is introduced without a thorough understanding of the possible consequences.

6. List of pests and diseases of roses - Wikipedia

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   Adult beetles emerge from the ground in early summer and join into swarms for four to six weeks, devouring blooms and skeletonising foliage on roses and many other garden plants. Japanese beetles can be partially controlled, albeit slowly, by spreading milky spore bacillus on the lawn areas where the

7. North Carolina parent arrested for choking student inside ...

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   A North Carolina father was arrested Monday after allegedly storming into a high school and choking a teenage student in a caught-on-video attack. Quinton Lofton, 43, was charged with felony ...