Collaborative project: Development of physical and chemical methods to repel voles – Subproject 2
Description:
Goal of the project is the development of new and practical plant protection methods against voles based on repellent effects and avoiding the use of killing vole traps. The current risks for non-target organisms through the use of rodenticides and killing traps for the control of voles should be reduced by the new methods. In order to achieve this goal the following attempts are investigated: 1. To repel voles by technical devices. Here the repellent effects should be achieved by physical parameters like vibrations, sound waves etc. So far it could be demonstrated in the lab that voles react on species-specific sounds. The voles avoided to stay in tubes treated with the specific sound. Field tests are conducted now to assess the sound effects on voles in practical outdoors settings. 2. To repel voles by chemical compounds. Here the repellent effect should be achieved by environmentally friendly odors or tasting substances. So far plant extracts from two plant families have been found to have a repellent effect on voles. The olfactory reaction of voles to plant substances was tested in a T-maze including a box with a test substance and a control box without odors.
Executive Institute:
Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests (JKI-GF) Details of Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests
Parent institution:
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) Details of (JKI) (Saxony-Anhalt)
Contract period:
01. 06. 2007 - 31. 05. 2009
Project budget:
76,291 €
Funding Programme:
- BMELV - Program to promote innovation Details of BMELV - Program to promote innovation
Subject:
- Crop Protection
Purpose of research:
Promotion of innovation
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Details of (BMELV)
Project Management Agency:
- Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) Details of BLE