Michael G. Klein
- e-mail: Klein.10@osu.edu
- s-mail: USDA, ARS, Horticultural Insects Research Laboratory, 1680 Madison
Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691
- phone: 216-263-3896
- fax: 216-263-3696
Adjunct Associate Professor
Research Entomologist - USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Ph.D. 1972 University of Wisconsin, Madison
As a member of the USDA Application Technology Research Unit located at the OARDC
in Wooster, my research concentrates on biological suppression of the Japanese
beetle and other horticultural insect pests. Efforts are continuing to improve
traps and lures for the Japanese beetle and other scarabs. Another focus of my
present research is the development of entomopathogenic nematodes for control of
white grubs in turf and nursery environments. We are also working to establish
the infectivity and identity of numerous strains of the milky disease bacterium,
Bacillus popilliae, and scarab active strains of Bacillus
thuringiensis and Serratia spp. I have a strong interest in
international activities and am presently involved with the Japanese beetle
project in the Azores, and with scarab problems in New Zealand, Hungary, China,
and Japan.
Recent Publications:
Klein, M. G. and R. Georgis. 1992. Persistence of control of Japanese
beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) larvae with steinernematid and heterorhabditid
nematodes. J. Econ. Entomol. 85:727-730.
Klein, M. G. and T. A. Jackson. 1992. Bacterial diseases of scarabs.
Pages 43-61, in T. A. Jackson and T. R. Glare, eds., Use of Pathogens in Scarab
Pest Management. Intercept, Ltd., Andover.
Klein, M. G. 1993. Biological control of scarabs with entomopathogenic
nematodes. Pages 49-57, in R. Bedding, R. Akhurst, and H. Kaya, eds., Nematodes
and the Biological Control of Insect Pests. CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia.
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