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Damage potential of spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) and development of risk management and control measures (DROSKII)
Project
Project code: 2811ERA002
Contract period: 01.09.2012
- 31.07.2014
Budget: 36,544 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Drosophila suzukii poses an urgent challenge for the development of alternative Integrated Pest Management which also relies on biological control. However, such alternatives are severely hampered since pesti-cides are still widely used by farmers. Reducing pesticide use in fruit production is therefore a vital mission both for occupational health and for consumer safety, given the importance of soft fruits, stone fruits and grapes as common diet component, and the risk of pesticide residues from the over-reliance on chemical control.
Objectives of this study are to characterize and identify:
- large scale monitoring, to update information on dispersal potential of Drosophila suzukii in the European area;
- the most behaviourally-active volatiles emitted by fruits host of Drosophila suzukii in order to develop more selective and powerful attractant lures;
- applicability and efficacy of environmentally sound methods such as physical barriers, mass-trapping;
-occurrence and level of incidence of natural enemies, in particular parasitoids.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Arboriculture
- Viticulture
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for National and International Plant Health (JKI-AG)
