Location: Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research
Project Number: 6036-22000-034-060-T
Project Type: Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2018
End Date: Dec 31, 2022
Objective:
Genetic characterization of Soybean looper populations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Puerto Rico and Bahamas to study migration patterns and the potential dispersion of a pesticide resistance trait.
Approach:
Pheromone trap collections from select locations will be analyzed by DNA sequencing for haplotype and DNA markers.