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Research Project: IMPORTATION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE SOYBEAN APHID

Location: Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, DE

Project Number: 1926-22000-017-05
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Mar 01, 2005
End Date: Feb 28, 2009

Objective:
To test host range of natural enemies for biological control of Aphis glycines, the soybean aphid.

Approach:
Rear imported parasitoid species in quarantine. Expose them to a range of aphid species to determine which ones they are capable of attacking under laboratory conditions. Draw inferences about potential host range after introduction against soybean aphid.

   

 
Project Team
Hopper, Keith
 
Project Annual Reports
  FY 2007
  FY 2006
 
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  Crop Protection & Quarantine (304)
 
 
Last Modified: 11/08/2008
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