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Development of novel semiochemicals for crop protection

Reference	BB/R019681/1
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Rudolf Allemann
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Michael Birkett, Dr David Miller, Professor John Pickett, Professor Thomas Wirth
Institution	Cardiff University
Department	Chemistry
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	551,216
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/2018
End date	30/09/2022
Duration	47 months

Abstract

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Summary

Due to pressure on available farmland there is an urgent need for sustainably enhancing food crop production. One approach to combat insect pests it to repel or attract them, using (semio)chemical signal baited traps, keeping them away from high value crops. We have produced modified aphid repellent and attractant semiochemicals through a strategic chemical process using enzymes. A novel and highly attractive aphid semiochemical (DMGD) has shown high field attraction to a range of pest aphids and has been demonstrated in field simulating studies as offering pest aphid control by the push-pull approach with the push against plant colonisation provided by the natural repellent, GD, in the isoprenoid group of natural products and the pull by the related DMGD. Opportunities for commercial scale up have been identified and can now underpin field trials for aphid control and commercial testing specifically against the lettuce aphid in the high value field production of lettuce.

Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science, Synthetic Biology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Follow-On Fund Super (SuperFOF) [2012-2015]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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