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Research Project:
MINOR CROPS PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL
Location: Tropical Plant Pests Research
Project Number: 5320-22430-021-06
Project Type:
Specific Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 24, 2004
End Date: Sep 14, 2009
Objective:
The objectives of this cooperative agreement are two fold: 1) develop and evaluate non-toxic, environmentally suitable and publicly acceptable technologies and processes for fruit fly, insect pest management, and control to enhance Hawaii's competition in the interstate and international movement of Hawaii agricultural products; and 2) Identify and characterize effective environmental and economic impacts of technologies and processes for fruit fly control to allow for interstate and international movement of Hawaii agricultural products.
Approach:
The approach to this project is to address the development and evaluation of currently acceptable or novel new non-toxic fruit-fly control strategies such as classical biological controls; post-harvest treatments, microbial control agents; behavioral genetic and ecological controls and others, while identifying potential environmental problems and developing solutions associated with currently acceptable or novel new fruit fly control strategies in a variety of Hawaii agricultural systems (such as coffee, papaya, guava, citrus, lychee, mango and other fruits).
Replacing project titled "Minor Crops Pest Control" (ARS Project No. 5320-22430-020-02G) Documents SCA with HI Institute of Tropical Agricultural Human Resources. Formerly 5320-22430-020-09S (6/2005).
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Last Modified: 11/05/2008
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