White grub, Polyphylla olivieri (Col., Melolonthidae) is a serious pest of fruit and other trees . The larvae damage the roots and cause trees to die and ultimately fall.This scarabeid is a dangerous pest of orchard trees in most parts of Iran...

White grub, Polyphylla olivieri (Col., Melolonthidae) is a serious pest of fruit and other trees. The larvae damage the roots and cause trees to die and ultimately fall. This scarabeid is a dangerous pest of orchard trees in most parts of Iran...

Polyphylla olivieri (Col.,Melolonthidae) is the most destructive white grub in the Iran.This Scarabaeid has a wide host range including different fruit trees in most part of Iran. Chemical pesticides is the common for controlling this pest...

Abstract: From June 2004 to August 2005, larvae of the white grub Polyphylla olivieri and soil samples were collected in fruits orchards in seven counties of the Tehran province, Iran. Whites grubs were reared in insectarium, and monitored...

White grub, Polyphylla olivieri Cast. (Col., Melolonthidae) is major pest of the Iran. In a

survey for collecting natural entomopathogenic nematodes associated with this melolonthid, two

isolates of Steinernema spp. were collected...