Dossier
Po River Valley
Coverage of Po River Valley in the Nexus archive.
- Japanese beetle advances through northern Italy's vineyards and orchards, frustrating farmers
Japanese beetles, native to Japan, are spreading through northern Italy's vineyards and orchards, damaging plants by creating lattice patterns in leaves and reducing production. First detected near Milan in 2014, the beetles have moved to regions like Lombardy and Piedmont, with no natural predators and a broad plant diet listed as a EU priority pest.