Location: Livestock Arthropod Pests Research
Project Number: 3094-32000-039-072-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Jun 15, 2014
End Date: Jun 14, 2019
Objective:
Collect stem-borers and other specialist insects from cogongrass; and collect cattle fever ticks from the Philippines. Material will be shipped to U.S. collaborators for rearing and identification.
Approach:
Conduct field work in the Philipines to collect biological control agents for cogongrass and cattle fever tick.