milky disease
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A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium,…
A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae.
- When ingested by a foraging beetle grub [the spores] multiply prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn an abnormally white color, hence the popular name, “milky disease.”
Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”).
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