How two students devise a way to battle Japanese beetles for better yields


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Japanese beetles in the hundreds would eat at the leaves, depleting the plant's energy to make peaches. — Enterlinedesign/Dreamstime/TNS

ADITYA Prabhu loved eating the peaches off the tree in the backyard of his mum's house.

The only problem was the plant produced only a few fruits a year because Japanese beetles in the hundreds would eat at the leaves, depleting the plant's energy to make peaches.

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