The Lily Leaf Beetle is largely under control in our area thanks to the efforts of researchers at URI, including Massachusetts Horticultural Society presenter, Dr. Richard Casagrande. On Thursday, June 7 from 7 – 8:30 at The Gardens at Elm Bank’s Parkman Room, Dr. Casagrande will discuss the lily leaf beetle project and its connection to early research at The Gardens at Elm Bank and abroad. He will also review biological control programs underway in this region to find biological controls of invasive insects and plants that are important in Southern New England.
Richard Casagrande, Emeritus Professor of Entomology, joined the University of Rhode Island faculty in 1976. He taught courses in biological control, integrated pest management, insects and society and gave innumerable lectures to Master Gardeners and landscape practitioners throughout the region. In retirement, he continues to work with colleagues at URI and throughout the world on biological control of invasive insects and plants that are important in Southern New England. Past and current projects include the lily leaf beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, birch leafminer, Cypress spurge, purple loosestrife, black swallow-wort and common reed.
$12 Mass Hort members; $20 general admission. Register at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/663/bio-control-of-lily-leaf-beetles?filter_reset=1
