ARS Project: ATTRACT AND KILL TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL CITRUS LEAFMINER IN CITRUS NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS (420474)

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Research Project: ATTRACT AND KILL TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL CITRUS LEAFMINER IN CITRUS NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS

Location: Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research

Project Number: 6618-22320-001-16
Project Type: Trust

Start Date: Oct 01, 2010
End Date: Sep 30, 2013

Objective:
Identify optimal blends and application methods for an attract-and-kill formulation to control citrus leafminer.

Approach:
Field tests using varying rates of pheromone and pesticide in slow-release formulation; effect of treatments on citrus leafminer infestation will be measured.

Project Team

	Lapointe, Stephen

Project Annual Reports

	FY 2012
	FY 2011

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Last Modified: 05/24/2013

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