Michael E. Reding, Michael G. Klein, Ross D. Brazee, and Charles R. Krause, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Application Technology Research Unit, Wooster, Ohio.
Some ongoing research projects, conducted by the Horticultural Insects Research Lab of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Application Technology Research Unit, at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio, are reported here. Most of this research focuses on the biology and management of black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) and various exotic scarab grubs (Asiatic garden beetle, Maladera castanea; European chafer, Rhizotrogus majalis; Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica; and oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis) in ornamental nurseries.