This Month in Plant Protection Today - USDA’s Snail Study Benefits From Collective Efforts

Scientists’ Survey and Control Methods Target Invasive Land Snails [] [USDA logo]  United States Department of Agriculture September 2024 Plant Protection Today: USDA’s Snail Study Benefits From Collective Efforts [snail group photo](%2F%2Fwww.aphis.usda.gov%2Fnews%2Fagency-announcements%2Fplant-protection-today-usdas-snail-study-benefits-collective-efforts/1/01010192530ca3cd-50c01b7f-07d2-4224-9f5b-872d74587235-000000/Bb9yYDszsvCX68Ld3b7zXEXfW3Tn-YjXmbzgUexpnWA=373) For more than 2 years, Amy Roda, Supervisory Entomologist at USDA’s Treatment and Inspection Methods Laboratory in Miami, FL, and Oregon State University’s Malacologist Rory McDonnell have been researching best management practices to detect and control invasive land snails. Last month, the two scientists met in Michigan to test an inexpensive and simple new way to survey for snails and evaluate treatments to manage the pest. 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