Japanese Beetle Turf Industry Economic Impact Study Released

Well known as a highly destructive insect pest to multiple field and ornamental crops, the WCTA responded to the 2017 Japanese beetle incursion into the False Creek area of Vancouver by commissioning a study attempting to determine just how much this nasty insect pest could cost the turf management industry if it were to gain a foothold and spread. Jim Ross, former Executive Director of the Prairie Turfgrass Research Centre was hired fto find out.
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