Parasitic wasp a natural predator of soybean gall midge

Researchers have discovered a natural predator of soybean gall midge that could prove beneficial to managing the pest.

Amelia Lindsey is an associate professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota and says gall midge has become a serious problem for soybean farmers because it feeds inside the plant.

“And to this point there haven’t been a lot of avenues to control this pest with sort of traditional control approaches like chemicals.

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