Objetivo Nezara viridula, a member of the stink bug complex, is cosmopolitan in distribution as it occurs throughout tropical and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa the Americans and Australasia. This species is extremely polyphagous attacking several plants species, and most of them are economic species. Non-selective insecticides belonging to carbamates, such as monocrotophos, metamidophos, chlorpyrifos, and endosulfan, are currently used to control N. viridula populations. However, it is well known that the massive use of insecticides of this kind not only increases production costs, but can also generate pest-resistant populations by selective pressure. In the view of above, recently the European Parliament established a framework for Community action encouraging the development of alternative eco-sustainable approaches or techniques (Directive 2009/128/EC). Among them, biological control utilizing native natural enemies is expected to become a more important control tactic in the near future. Among natural enemies, parasitoids attacking the hosts at the egg stage are often favoured for biocontrol deployment because they kill the pest before its crop-feeding stage and thus have a high potential for preventing damage. However, biological control programmes using egg-parasitoids have had very variable success rates, as in the case of Trissolcus basalis, the main egg parasitoid of N. viridula that has been extensively used against this pest with inconsistent results. The key to improving success of T. basalis against N. viridula is to collect a good understanding of its biology, behaviour and ecology. The proposed work is consistent with increasing global recognition that agro-ecology has to be the approach for future farming. It therefore supports the conclusions and recommendations of the United Nations. The project brings together internationally recognized groups in biological control of insect pests aiming to address the common problem of food security. Ámbito científico natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition Programa(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinador UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO Aportación de la UE € 54 600,00 Dirección PIAZZA MARINA 61 90133 Palermo Italia Ver en el mapa Región Isole Sicilia Palermo Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Antonella Pennolino (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG Alemania Aportación de la UE € 6 300,00 Dirección SANDERRING 2 97070 Wuerzburg Ver en el mapa Región Bayern Unterfranken Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Christian Gloggengiesser (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT Francia Aportación de la UE € 10 500,00 Dirección 147 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE 75007 Paris Ver en el mapa Región Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Sylvie Modeste (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos