Greenhouse Experiment: Western Corn Rootworm on Miscanthus (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Greenhouse Experiment: Western Corn Rootworm on Miscanthus

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Miscanthus plants and corn plants were seeded with equal numbers of rootworm eggs and isolated in nylon enclosures. The investigators, S. Raghu, Joseph Spencer (pictured), and their assistants examined the plants every morning and collected adult rootworms as they emerged.

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Photo courtesy of Joseph Spencer, INHS

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