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Research Project:
The Control and Biology of Insect Pests of Horticultural Crops
Location:
Horticultural Crops Research
Project Number: 5358-22000-029-00
Project Type:
Appropriated
Start Date: Feb 25, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2005
Objective:
Identify and characterize key biological, epidemiological, and
environmental factors influencing insect pests causing damage on nursery
and small fruit crops. Develop methods to rear and study population
dynamics of important insect pests, with an emphasis on grape phylloxera
and root weevils. Develop biologically-based control methods for these
pests. Enhance and expand research in biology and control of insect pests of small fruit crops. Expand research efforts in management practices that optimize pest management (grape phylloxera) of grapevines.
Approach:
Life cycles of economically-important insect pests of nursery and small
fruits crops will be studied under controlled conditions of temperature,
humidity, and light in growth chambers and in the field. Emphasis will be
placed on developing efficient methods to rear grape phylloxera and root
weevils under controlled environmental and dietary conditions in order to
have consistent high populations available for experimentation. Microbial
agents for biological control of these insects will be explored, especially
for weevils under container nursery conditions. FY98 restructure replaced
part of 5358-22000-020-00D. FY00 $229,500 Program Increase, 1 New SY. Replacing 5358-22000-025-00D (03/2003). FY03 $75,000 Program Increase.
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