Scouting parasitoids for help to control the Box Tree Pyralid Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) and other related moths.
The intended joint research proposal focus on collections of the Box Tree Pyralid Moth and related species to be made in different habitats in Japan (native region) and in Germany (invaded region), following a joint standard protocol. Collected...
Term: 2024-04-01 bis 2026-03-31Facilitating Insects in Agricultural Landscapes. Subproject 2 Effect on hoverfly communities
Intensive agriculture is considered as a major cause of the decline of insect diversity and biomass in Germany. Within the frame of the national action programme for the conservation of insects, FInAL will therefore establish Landscape...
Term: 2022-10-01 bis 2025-09-30Sequence analysis of baculoviruses for the control of codling moth
The Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) is an important biological control agent in organic and integrated fruit production. Its production is achieved by infecting codling moth larvae, in which the virus replicates. In the production process it...
Term: 2023-09-01 bis 2024-12-31Vertical agrivoltaics in arable farming: implications for biodiversity
In order to achieve climate protection targets set by the German government, an enormous expansion of renewable energies is necessary, including solar energy. In order to avoid a land use conflict between agriculture and energy production,...
Term: 2023-10-01 bis 2026-09-30Development of strategies to maintain and improve the stability of yield, the use of functional biodiversity and to reduce the use of plant protection products in organic apple production
The project aims to adress the existing weak points of the production system of organic apple growing and to develop combination strategies that improve the stability of yields, reduce the use of plant protection products and enhance the insect...
Term: 2023-01-15 bis 2028-01-31Integrated management of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): Towards the combination of pest control tools
The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta is a native insect pest to South America that is invasive to Africa and Europe, where it causes substantial yield losses to tomato production, yet control options are highly limited. Today, mainly...
Term: 2023-06-01 bis 2025-05-31Boosting benefical arthropods in nature protected areas to strengthen biological control
The pilot study will be carried out in a landscape of the Rhine-Neckar region. Several arable fields (e.g. cereals) in the protected area and comparatively on similar arable fields outside the protected landscape configuration will be selected. In...
Term: 2022-11-01 bis 2025-10-31ALTERNATIVE BIOPESTICIDES FOR SAFE INTEGRATED PEST AND WATER MANAGEMENT AROUND MEDITERRANEAN.
The JKI is supporting the project management over the entire project period especially by coordinating the activities of work package (WP) 2 and reporting the WP- and the JKI-project activities. By subcontracting APIS Applied Insect Science GmbH...
Term: 2023-06-01 bis 2026-05-31Model and demonstration project to strengthen functional biodiversity for sustainable production in fruit growing
Within the framework of a four-year demonstration project, measures for ecological intensification with the aim of enhancing functional biodiversity are to be implemented on a number of cooperating demonstration farms in pome fruit cultivation and...
Term: 2023-01-01 bis 2026-12-31Optimisation of the production and application of Lysobacter enzymogenes as a biocontrol agent against plant-pathogenic fungi
The work plan of the OptiLyso project is divided into seven work packages (AP) and five milestones, which are spread over the 3-year duration of the project. AP1 includes project coordination and documentation of the project and regular project...
Term: 2023-04-01 bis 2026-03-31