Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0989291

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0989291

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Autonomous tracking and predictive modelling of Australian plague locust migratory band movement. We will use advances in robotics, engineering, mathematics and biology to develop a new computer model for the control of one of the world's most damaging pest insects: locusts. Autonomous aerial robotic systems will be used to collect data on Australian plague locusts travelling in devastating migratory bands. These data on band movement and the behaviour of individual locusts within the band will be used to develop a particle physics-inspired predictive model of migratory band movement, which will be used to optimise locust control operations. Economic, environmental and social benefits will arise through reductions in the amount of time, money, manpower and insecticides necessary to combat locust outbreaks.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2009

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $340,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Control of pests and exotic species | Control of pests and exotic species

Other Keywords

Control of pests and exotic species | Ecology | Field crops | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Terrestrial Ecology

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