Obiettivo TO STUDY THE BASIC ASPECTS OF CORK-TREE BIOLOGY AND TO CHARACTERIZE THE CORK-OAK FOREST IN CATALONIA. TO TEST THE USE OF NUCLEOPOLIHEDROSIS VIRUS (NPV) IN THE BIOLOGICAL FIGHT AGAINST DEFOLIATING INSECTS OF QUERCUS SUBER (LYMANTRIA DYSPAR AND MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA). THE WORK WILL BE DIVIDED IN : 1. BIOLOGICAL PART : MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF QUERCUS SUBER. CHARACTERIZATION OF PHELLOGEN AND STUDY OF ITS ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO CORK PRODUCTION. 2. ECOLOGICAL PART : CHARACTERIZATION OF CORK-OAK FOREST BY MEASURING ECO-PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS WITH THE AIM OF EVALUATING THE IMPORTANCE OF AMBIENTAL FACTORS IN CORK PRODUCTION. BIOLOGICAL FIGHT PART : SCREENING FOR VIRULENT STRAINS OF NUCLEOPOLIHEDROSIS VIRUS (NPV) AND TESTING THEIR KILLING CAPACITY AGAINST LYMANTRIA DYSPAR AND MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA. SELECTION OF THE MORE ACTIVE STRAINS, INOCULUM MULTIPLICATION AND LARGE SCALE FIELD TESTING IN SARDINIA. Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologynatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomology Programma(i) FP1-RAWMAT 3C - Research programme (EEC) on materials (raw materials and advanced materials), 1986-1989 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 BELLATERRA Spagna Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto STATIONE SPERIMENTALE DEL SUGHERO - SARDEGNA I Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato