Tasks

• Field monitoring of crop pest flies at experimental sites
• Field insects recording and for further breeding under laboratory conditions
• Sensitivity analysis of the parameter sets of the SWAT models
• Evaluation and validation of SWAT-model predictions for population dynamics forecasting

Current Projects

• "Elaboration of a web-based management system (SWATopti) for non-chemical regulation of carrot (Chamaepsila rosae), cabbage (Delia radicum) and root (Delia spp.) flies using SWAT and risk analysis (SWATopti)"