Project Number: 0500-00044-016-10
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 27, 2006
End Date: Sep 24, 2010

Objective:
1) Develop basic fipronil toxicity data for economically important fruit flies in Hawaii. 2) Test effectiveness of fipronil in small plot experiment utilizing bait sprays and male annihilation treatments against melon, ori, and Med fruit flies. 3) Evaluate nontarget effects of fipronil on beneficial fruit fly parasitoids. 4) Compare longevity of bait sprays containing firponil against melon fly, oriental fruit fly, and 2 hymenopterous parasitoids. Compare longevity of male annihilation treatments w/fipronil.

Approach:
Toxicity data for fruit flies, parasitoids, and Daphnids will be developed using conventional toxicity bioassays. Small plot studies and pesticide longevity studies will be carried out in field cages. Data will be analyzed with traditional statistical analysis. Documents SCA with WSU. Formerly 0500-00044-016-04S; 04/2006.