Effect of Metarhizium anisopliae on chafer grub control in golf course

The chafer grub (Anomala cupripes) is underground pest in the golf course and severly affect the turf quality and the sport fitness. The chafer grub occurs mainly in late spring and late autumn in Shenzhen. Metarhizium anisopliae was used to control chafer grub in plot test and 5 golf courses, and the result indicated that the fatality rate was 67.6% in plot test and the suitable application rate is 2 g/m2. And the average fatality rate in golf course was 59.8％.