Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0211060

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0211060

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Life hanging on a thread; disrupting the structure and function of lepidopteran silking behaviour. The production and use of silk by many invertebrates is vital for their survival. We develop a means of visualising and understanding the role of silking behaviour as a survival mechanism for Helicoverpa larvae (a key world-wide pest) with a view to disrupting silking. This novel project allows us to understand not just where larvae go but what they do along the way. The project outcomes will have wide application to the study and control of lepidopteran pests in natural and agricultural ecosystems and is of interest to applied and fundamental projects associated with insect pest control, behaviour and ecology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 08-04-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $173,869.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Zoology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of pests and exotic species | Field crops |

Other Keywords

Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified | Control of pests and exotic species | Field crops | Invertebrate Biology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Zoology

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