MILKY DISEASE


Meaning of MILKY DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1940

: a destructive disease of scarab beetle grubs and especially Japanese beetle larvae that is caused by a bacterium ( Bacillus popilliae ) and is sometimes used in biological control — called also milky spore disease

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