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Development and implementation of a sustainable IPM and surveillance program for the invasive tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), in North and sub-Saharan Africa
Project
Project code: JKI-BI-08-1198
Contract period: 01.06.2013
- 31.03.2017
Purpose of research: Applied research
The proposed 3-year project is a joint collaborative initiative between icipe, the International Potato Center (CIP), and Institute of Biological Control (JKI-BI) of the Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) in Darmstadt to develop, test and adapt sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) options for T. absoluta in order to increase tomato production and improve the income and nutrition of small and medium scale tomato growers in the target countries of Tunisia, Sudan, Kenya, Republic of South Sudan and Uganda. Existing management strategies heavily rely on synthetic pesticide applications with little consideration for residues on crop and other negative impacts. The proposed strategic research thrust to minimize the impact of T. absoluta damage to tomato includes bio-ecological studies and establishing the potential distribution of the pest using ecological niche and phenological models to assess the risk of T. absoluta spread and establishment under a climate change scenario. The project will also focus on exploration for promising natural enemies in the pest aboriginal home of Peru and later introduction(s) into Africa. Additionally, the project will test and implement proven IPM technologies as alternatives to synthetic pesticides that are based on mass trapping and the development and use of attract-and-kill, intercropping and use of bio-pesticides.
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Subjects
- Crop Protection
