While Michigan has extensive garlic mustard infestations, we currently lack baseline population data on garlic mustard, its impacts on non-target plants and the potential for biological control to help manage this insect. The objectives of our current research are to:

1. Conduct pre-release evaluation of garlic mustard populations and distribution in Michigan.

2. Evaluate potential impact of herbivore feeding on population regulation in garlic mustard.

To date we have established eight long-term garlic mustard monitoring sites in the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. These sites span a mixture of forest types from dry hardwood (oak-hickory associations) to wetter sites (beech-maple associations).