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Research Project:
INTEGRATION OF ALTERNATIVE PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF INSECTS AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION
Location:
Crop Protection and Management Research
Project Number: 6602-22000-034-00
Project Type:
Appropriated
Start Date: Jan 28, 2003
End Date: Aug 31, 2005
Objective:
Develop and integrate genetic approaches, biological control, and other pest management tactics leading to development of local and regional pest management systems. Identify resistance to insects, drought tolerance, and aflatoxin contamination in corn and peanut, determine the molecular mechanisms, and develop molecular markers. Evaluate resistant germplasm in conjunction with other management strategies for integration into corn and peanut management systems.
Approach:
Laboratory, greenhouse, and field research, emphasizing plant resistance to insects and plant pathogens, sterile insect techniques, and biological control, will be conducted to identify new management strategies for insect pests and plant pathogens of corn, peanut and other crops grown in the Southeast. Identify, characterize, and develop plant resistance in corn and peanut lines better adapted to the Southeast; identify molecular markers associated with insect and aflatoxin resistance, drought tolerance, and diseases that can be used in marker assisted selection to expedite development of resistant germplasm; pyramid resistance in corn into genotypes adapted to southern growing conditions; evaluate resistant and transgenic corn and peanut with other crop and disease management tactics that can be integrated into production systems in the Southeast; develop F1 sterility techniques to suppress or eradicate indigenous or invasive species of Lepidoptera, and to determine host and geographical ranges of invasive species or potential exotic biological control agents.
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