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Research Project:
Chemistry and Biochemistry of Insect Behavior, Physiology, and Ecology
Location:
CENTER FOR MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Project Number: 6615-22430-001-00
Project Type:
Appropriated
Start Date: Feb 25, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2005
Objective:
Elucidate the basic chemical and biochemical mechanisms that regulate the behavior, physiology, and interactions with plants and other organisms of insect pests of fruits, vegetables and field crops. Identify and develop technology for using plant-emitted volatiles that naturally attract beneficial insects to control crops pests.
Approach:
Isolate, identify and synthesize biologically active compounds that mediate the behavior, physiology, and interactions with other insect species, plants or other organisms of target insect pests. Investigate and elucidate the biochemical processes that regulate insect pheromone biosynthesis and release, insect-plant interactions, and interspecific insect interactions. Develop methods to collect, analyze and formulate biologically active compounds from different biological sources that affect insect behavior and physiology. Develop a new systems approach for crop protection that incorporates tritrophic interactions among plant, insect pests and natural enemies of the pests for biological control. The major target insects for this research will include fruit, vegetable, and field crop pests in the Lepidopteran families Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Sphingidae as well as Tephritid fruit flies, and selected Coleopteran species. Other target insects may be selected as needed as the project progresses.
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