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The SFARPI funded project “Controlling insect pests and grasses using small molecular compounds with ecological functions” officially starts

Date:2014-05-16 Hits:695

    The  kick off meeting of the project “Controlling insect pests and grasses using small molecular compounds with ecological functions” supported by SFARPI (Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest) was held on 10 May 2014 in Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. In this project, the major insect pests and grasses in rice and tea fields will be focused and the chemical and molecular basis of crop-grass and crop-insect pest-natural enemy interactions will be elucidated. Based on these data, environment-friendly control measures for insect pests and grasses, such as attractants for insect pests or natural enemies, agents inducing plant resistance, herbicides and genetically-improved crop varieties, will be largely exploited. Finally, based on these exploited environment-friendly measures, together with previously-founded effective methods, specific pest management programs adapted to different areas will be setup. The implement of these programs will reduce the population densities of insect pests and grasses in rice and tea fields, which will in turn largely decrease the amount of pesticides applied. The project unites the expertise of 25 scientists from 8 institutions. Dr. Lou Yonggen , a professor in Zhejiang University, is the leader of the project.