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Research Project:
BIOLOGICALLY-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGEMENT CROP INSECT PESTS IN LOCAL AND AREAWIDE PROGRAMS
Location:
Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit
Project Number: 6615-22000-016-00
Project Type:
Appropriated
Start Date: Oct 01, 2000
End Date: Aug 31, 2005
Objective:
Determine: how pest moths and parasitoids use volatile chemicals to locate food sources, host plants, and mates. Evaluate sex and food attractants for monitoring and suppression of pest populations and pheromones for managing parasitoids. Develop strategies for effective use of parasitoids of noctuids and fruit flies in IPM systems. Create transgenic fruit fly and moth strains for improved sterile insect technique efficacy. Develop remote sensing techniques for insect control in field crops.
Approach:
Emphasis will be on: 1) Determining the role of odorants in host, food and mating behavior of pest moths and parasitoids; 2) assessing the effects of environmental and physiological factors governing expression of male pheromonal signaling and female attraction to male-produced pheromones, female orientation to host plant odorants, and moth attraction to food baits; 3) development of bioassays for isolating and identifying new attractants and evaluating baits and trapping systems; 4) development of methods to monitor female moth activity in crops to determine action thresholds and pest control using mating disruption and attract and kill technology; 5) identification and development of strategies for use of parasitoids of noctuids and fruit flies in IPM systems and 6) testing of recombinant DNA constructs for gene transfer, male sterilization and selection and marking of released insects. BSL-1, April 3, 2004.
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