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Host finding behavior of the antagonist Holepyris sylvanidis and its implementation into integrated pest management of stored products
Project
Project code: JKI-ÖPV-08-1352
Contract period: 01.01.2016
- 31.12.2018
Purpose of research: Applied research
The parasitoid Holepyris sylvanidis is a promising candidate for biological control which could be used in stored product protection as an alternative to classical chemical control. So far, H. sylvanidis is not commercially available and knowledge regarding its host finding behavior is still scarce. The project thus aims to investigate the following questions: 1) What are the principles of hostfinding in H. sylvanidis and what influence does habitat have on H. sylvanidis' behavior? 2) Is it possible to increase the parasitation rate in the F1 generation by conditioning of the parental generation? 3) Does the targeted release of the biological control agent in mills and bakeries lead to an efficient control of the pest populations? We will furthermore investigate the VOCs involved in host finding of H. sylvanidis and incorporated our findings into the design of lure-based traps which will a) allow for antagonist monitoring and b) help optimize antagonist rearing.
Section overview
Subjects
- Food microbiology
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Products Protection (JKI-ÖPV)
