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Results of 2021 Ontario corn rootworm trap network now available

Tracey Baute, field crop entomologist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), has posted the Ontario trap site results of the 2021 Adult Corn Rootworm (CRW) Trap Monitoring Network. There is an infographic summarizing the results on OMAFRA’s Field Crop News site, as well as a link to a more detailed report for all traps sites across North America, created by researchers at Iowa State University.

Trap supplies will be made available again for the 2022 season. Contact Tracey Baute (tracey.baute@ontario.ca) if you are interested in participating. To help the team make improvements to the 2022 network, trap participants are encouraged to fill out this survey. |READ MORE