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Kōrero: Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry

Biological control of grass grubs

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Biological control of grass grubs

To control grass grubs biologically, a natural enemy or disease is artificially cultivated and introduced into the soil. This pasture soil has been drilled with the bacterium Serratia entomophila. The grub on the right has become infected with amber disease and will soon die, while the grub on the left is unaffected.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand

Reference: DSCH8036Smd

by Peter E. Smith

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Alison Popay, Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry – Control of pasture pests, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17970/biological-control-of-grass-grubs (accessed 11 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alison Popay, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.