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Collaborative project: Establishment of a Repellent Release System for the Control of Plum Leaf Sucker Cacopsylla pruni in Stone Fruit Production as Part of a Push-and-Pull Strategy. Subproject 1 (PRUNI-REPEL)
Project
Project code: JKI-OW-08-1196, 28RF4IP008
Contract period: 01.02.2015
- 28.02.2018
Budget: 294,650 Euro
Purpose of research: Experimental development
The European Stone Fruit Yellows (ESFY) is the economically most serious disease of stone fruit causing high crop losses by die-back of infected peach and apricot trees. It is caused by phytoplasmas vectored by the plum leaf sucker Cacopsylla pruni. In the proposed project it is scheduled to develop an innovative system for the release of insect repellents (push component), which will be combined with a chemically lured trap (pull component) to an applicable push-and-pull system. Such a repellent release system is without any precedent in phytomedicine. This system will be used for the prevention of invasion and distribution of migrating plum psyllids in stone fruit orchards resulting in a strong reduction of new infections by phytoplasmas. This innovative control method will help to reduce the amount of chemical pesticides applied and secure the economically stone fruit production in Germany and Europe sustainably.
The European Stone Fruit Yellows (ESFY) is an economically serious disease in fruit production causing high crop losses by die-back of infected peach and apricot trees. It is caused by phytoplasmas vectored by the plum leaf sucker Cacopsylla pruni. Scheduled in the project is to develop an innovative system for release of insect repellents (push component), which will be combined with a chemically lured trap (pull component) to an applicable push-and-pull system. This system will be used for the prevention of invasion and distribution of migrating plum psyllids in stone fruit orchards resulting in in a strong reduction of new infections by phytoplasmas.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Arboriculture
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture - Fruit Cops (JKI-OW)
