A team of prominent faculty serves Michigan’s highly diverse fruit industries with expertise in developing and implementing novel and sustainable means of managing insect-nematode pests of fruit. Special emphasis is on the chemical ecology of key fruit pests and resulting control techniques using behavior-modifying compounds.
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Ecology of tree fruit production systems and to develop and implement appropriate methods for managing them. To achieve this, I have obtained the funding and resources necessary to establish a short-and long-term applied research and extension program, while also building a solid basic research program centered on the use of pheromones and other behavior-modifying chemicals for insect control.
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The research objectives for the TNRC are to develop effective fruit pest management strategies for Michigan's fruit industry, in concert with agriculture commodity organizations, agribusiness, Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station and Extension, in accordance with the land-grant philosophy of Michigan State University.
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Studies in the Isaacs' lab are primarily aimed toward understanding the behavior and ecology of insects. This focus is broadly applied to different aspects of entomology, with the long-term aim of improving insect pest management in small fruit crops. Specific areas of interest include insect dispersal, oviposition and feeding behavior, conservation biocontrol and plant tolerance to herbivory.
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