Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455303

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0455303

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Info-chemicals for the environmentally sustainable management of autumn gum moth and scarab beetle pests of bluegum plantations. Insect pest control in Australian bluegum plantations currently relies on insecticides. Insecticides are incompatible with maintaining populations of native beneficial insects and achieving biotic regulation of pest populations. Info-chemicals offer ways of disrupting pest populations that are benign to beneficials because they only interfere with the responses of the target insect. This project will pioneer the development of sex pheromone-based technologies for managing autumn gum moth and reveal potential applications of info-chemicals for managing scarab beetles. Application of info-chemical solutions to plantation pests will improve public perception of the industry and assist with forestry standard certification.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2004

End Date: 06-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $260,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Conservation And Biodiversity | Pests, Health And Diseases | Forestry Sciences | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Forestry | Hardwood plantations | Crop and animal protection chemicals |

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