Meaning of milky disease | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae.
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2. Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”).
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Examples

“When ingested by a foraging beetle grub [the spores] multiply⟳ prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn⟳ an abnormally white color, hence the popular name⟳, “milky disease.””

“1972, United States Department of Agriculture, Plant⟳ Protection and Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant⟳ Health Inspection Service, “The Japanese Beetle: How We Fight⟳ It,” p. 6, If possible, biological controls are used. One of these is milky disease, a bacterial disease that infects and kills the grub without causing harm⟳ to other animal life.”

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