Project Number: 6615-22000-027-02
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 15, 2007
End Date: Sep 14, 2012

Objective:
Development of semiochemical based monitoring and control programs for invasive pests of the apiculture industry.

Approach:
The chemically mediated communication biology of arthropod pests of honeybees will be elucidated through behavioral analysis and the chemicals responsible for attraction or repellence will be elucidated using chromatographic, spectroscopic and microdegradative techniques coupled with biological assays. Synthetic or natural chemicals responsible for attraction/repellence will be formulated in slow release dispensers and tested to determine efficacy in monitoring and control of the artheopod pests.