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Collaborative project: Protection of crops from soil-borne insect pests by a novel attract and kill strategy - Subproject 2
Project
Project code: 2814701911
Contract period: 01.02.2013
- 31.01.2016
Budget: 189,380 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Larvae of herbivorous insects (e.g. wireworms, western corn rootworm, black wine weevil) cause severe losses in many crops (potato, maize, strawberry). A control of these pests with soil insecticides is severely restricted or has recently been abandoned. This project aims at developing innovative attract and kill formulations which can be produced on technical scale and can then be used as novel control strategies against soil-borne insect pests in conventional as well as organic farming systems. By attracting larvae to the capsules containing a kill compound insecticide applications or other control strategies can be replaced, the amount of insecticides can be minimized and the environment and health of farmers and consumers can be protected. In this project novel formulations (capsules, granules) based on CO2 emitting sources will be developed and tested under practical conditions in order to attract larvae away from plant roots. In these attract formulations plant-based environmentally friendly insecticidal compounds, such as neem and quassin will be incorporated in multiphase or multilayer systems with additives and characterized. These formulations will be optimized in efficacy tests in lab, greenhouse and field experiments.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Biotechnology
Funding programme
Excutive institution
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Project management agencies
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- Collaborative project: Protection of crops from soil-borne insect pests with an novel atrract and kill strategy - Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Protection of crops from soil-borne insect pests with an novel atrract and kill strategy - Subproject 4