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Assessment of wheat blossom midge risk and exploitation of resistant and tolerant varieties

Reference	BBS/E/J/0000A262
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Snape
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	15,800
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2005
End date	31/12/2008
Duration	45 months

Abstract

Wheat Orange Blossom midge has become a destructing pest of wheat cultivation in the UK. This LINK project funded by Defra and HGCA and Industry aims to develop robust Integrated Pest Management strategies for farmers using varieties resistant, tolerant or susceptible to orange wheat blossom midge, by establishing new technologies for risk assessment and the use of pheromone traps to determine need for and timing of insecticide treatment, and to identify genes for resistance/ tolerance for further breeding. Specifically: 1.To characterise the biotic, abiotic and landscape factors influencing movement and egg laying of female wbm so as to identify the number and disposition of pheromone traps needed to estimate crop risk on a farm scale. 2.Develop a greater understanding of the genetics of resistance/tolerance and its biochemical basis. 3.Prioritisation of needs for and timing of insecticide treatment taking into account wbm risk and varietal tolerance.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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