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Research Project: Biological Control of Exotic and Invasive Pests

Location: Beneficial Insects Research

Project Number: 6204-22000-016-00
Project Type: Appropriated

Start Date: Apr 09, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2005

Objective:
1) Develop classical biological control approaches for arthropod pests food and fiber crops with emphasis on established pests. 2) Determine exotic arthropod crop pests that are potential threats to agriculture via entry through Mexico and Central America, and initiate onsite management programs in collaboration with foreign scientists. 3) Conduct and evaluate biological control-based management of aquatic and terrestrial weeds.

Approach:
Exotic egg parasitoids will be collected from related sharpshooters that are pre-adapted to California's subclimate types and WILL successfully attack glassy-winged sharpshooter eggs. Imported parasitoids will be new species and indistinguishable from native parasitoids, but molecular-based dignostics will be developed to distinguish them as well as identify possible species complexes among native parasitoids. Semiochemicals involved in communication between and among plants, sharpshooters and parasitoids, will be identified and manipulated to enhance biological control of the glassy-winged sharpshooter.

 
Project Team
Jones, Walker
De Leon, Jesus
Moran, Patrick
Elzen, Gary

Project Annual Reports
  FY 2003

Publications

Related National Programs
  Crop Protection & Quarantine (304)

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