CRIS NUMBER: 0188295
SUBFILE: CRIS
PROJECT NUMBER: TEX08031
SPONSOR AGENCY: CSREES
PROJECT TYPE: HATCH
PROJECT STATUS: TERMINATED
MULTI-STATE PROJECT NUMBER: S-303
START DATE: Oct 1, 2000
TERMINATION DATE: Sep 30, 2005
GRANT PROGRAM: (N/A)
GRANT PROGRAM AREA: (N/A)
CLASSIFICATION
215 | 3110 | 1130 | 4.2 | 50% |
216 | 3120 | 1070 | 4.2 | 30% |
211 | 1599 | 1040 | 4.2 | 10% |
213 | 1799 | 1080 | 4.2 | 10% |
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CLASSIFICATION HEADINGS
KA213 - Weeds Affecting Plants KA215 - Biological Control of Pests Affecting Plants KA216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems KA211 - Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants S3110 - Insects S3120 - Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods S1599 - Grain crops, general/other S1799 - Fiber crops, general/other F1080 - Genetics F1130 - Entomology and acarology F1070 - Ecology F1040 - Molecular biology G4.2 - Reduce Number and Severity of Pest and Disease Outbreaks
RESEARCH EFFORT CATEGORIES
BASIC |
60% |
APPLIED |
30% |
DEVELOPMENTAL |
10% |
KEYWORDS: biological control (insects); biological control (weeds); conservation; exotic species; systematics; natural enemies; environmental impact; sustainable agriculture; insect control; mites; plant disease control; plant pathogens; weed control; integrated pest management; molecular biology; performance evaluation; agricultural economics; non target organisms; quantitative analysis; habitat manipulation; native species; mass rearing; cooperative research
PROGRESS: Oct 1, 2000 TO Sep 30, 2005
Substantial progress was made in achieving the project's broad goal of advancing the science and application of biological control for managing agricultural pests. It is particularly noteworthy that much of the progress was derived from graduate student research. Thus, the project contributed to solving current problems along with preparing the next generation of scientists, which will solve future problems. Specifically, the project contributed to: (i) advancing biological control of olive fruit fly and other tephritid pests; (ii) developing pest management technologies for cotton, particularly in reference to Lygus, cotton fleahopper, and pentatomids, and to understanding the ecology and behavior of Lygus parasitoids, role of red imported fire ant in cotton fields, and impacts of boll weevil eradication efforts on populations of other pests; (iii) understanding the impacts of plant, including transgenic crops, and environmental factors upon indigenous and exotic pests
and their natural enemies; and, (iv) understanding the ecology, behavior, and systematics of natural enemies important for biological control.
IMPACT: 2000-10-01 TO 2005-09-30
Research conducted during 2005 will contribute to: (i) facilitating biological control of olive fruit fly, leafminers on ornamentals, and other tephritid and agromyzid pests; (ii) pest management in Texas cotton by generating information on the composition of and damage caused by an emerging pest complex (Pentatomidae); (iii) elucidating fundamental biological and behavioral features of two species of natural enemies (Cotesia marginiventris and Cotesia flavipes) and how such features can be used in biological control and systematics research; (iv) understanding whether plant (pecan, coffee) defenses against herbivory differ among latitudes and how such defenses impact pests and their natural enemies; (v) understanding how biotic (natural enemies, plants), abiotic (weather), and management (cultural practices) factors within a crop (coffee) affect the population dynamics of invasive pests (Leucoptera coffeella), and; (vi) understanding the ecology of glassy-winged
sharpshooter and its natural enemies in vineyards and surrounding natural vegetation.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 2000-10-01 TO 2005-09-30
Setamou, M., Showler, A. T., Reagan, T. E., Jones, W. A., Bernal, J. S. 2005. Leptodyctia tabida (Hemiptera: Tingidae): A potential threat to sugarcane production in Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. J. Econ. Entomol. 98, 1018-1023.
PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: |
Bernal, J. S. |
PHONE: |
979-862-8378 |
FAX: |
979-846-7977 |
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