Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100100825
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Insecticide targets in the nervous system: Discovery and design for sustainable insect pest control. Insect pests impose massive costs in food production, in human health and in the wellbeing of our companion animals. Chemical insecticides remain a major weapon in the control of these pests, but the use of insecticides has some downsides. The way in which insecticides kill insects is poorly understood and insecticide usage has negative impacts in the environment – the persistence of chemical residues and the killing of beneficial insects along with the pests. Further, insects become resistant to insecticides, so pest control is lost. This proposed research seeks to identify the ‘achilles heal’ in insect pests and to target them with new generation insecticides to gain safe, effective and sustainable control.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2010
End Date: 09-2013
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $520,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Neurogenetics | Animal Production | Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Veterinary pharmaceutical products | Crop and animal protection chemicals |
