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Research Project:
IDENTIFICATION OF PSYLLID ATTRACTANTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TRAPPING AND ATTRACT-AND-KILL METHODS FOR IMPROVED PSYLLID CONTROL
Location: Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research
Project Number: 6618-22320-001-07
Project Type:
Reimbursable
Start Date: Apr 01, 2010
End Date: Sep 30, 2012
Objective:
Identify volatile compounds from host/nonhost plants and conspecifics that attract or repeal Asian citrus psyllid, the vector of citrus greening disease.
Approach:
Electroantennograms and gas-chromatograph coupled electroantennograms will identify compounds with potential behavioral activity. Wind tunnel and olfactometer assays will screen candidate compounds. Solvent washes of males and females will be characterized and catalogued to identify sexual dimorphisms.
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