Objective
The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The project will deliver a cost effective approach that can be widely implemented by the EU fruit industry. The aims and objectives are to:
• Determine the pathways of introduction and spread of D. suzukii and pathogens into the EU and develop preventative strategies and recommendations against the introduction of other dangerous fruit pests and pathogens.
• Determine the biology, ecology and interaction of these pests and diseases in different regions of Europe. This will involve a comprehensive evaluation of the life cycles, host ranges, capacities to disperse, the identification of natural enemies, plant-pathogen interactions as well as the semiochemicals involved in the behaviour of D. suzukii. The biology will provide the platform to develop practical solutions for sustainable pest control.
• Develop innovative and effective control options using approved chemicals, semiochemicals, novel antimicrobial compounds and biological control agents as well as cultural practices, sterile insect techniques and new mode of action compounds. The most reliable and effective control options will be combined to optimise an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy.
• Develop forecasting and decision support systems and risk mapping as a component of IPM. The economic viability of proposed strategies for fruit crop protection will be evaluated and used to support decision making in the implementation of IPM strategies to protect the EU fruit sector.
To protect intellectual property (IP) and to undertake dissemination and exploitation actions to maximise the impact and up take of the recommended IPM by commercial fruit growers.
Field of science
- /natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology
- /agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture/plant breeding/crops
- /agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture/horticulture/fruit
Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage
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Funding Scheme
CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)
Coordinator
W1T 3LR London
United Kingdom
Participants (26)
6708 PB Wageningen
OX10 8DE Wallingford
17004 Girona
40126 Bologna
LS2 9JT Leeds
46022 Valencia
SW7 2AZ London
00198 Roma
75011 Paris
75007 Paris Cedex 07
17486 Castello D'empuries
OX14 4RX Oxford
06484 Quedlinburg
8401 Winterthur
35122 Padova
K1A OC5 Ontario
1025 Auckland
DC 20250 Washington
650202 Kunming
6708 PB Wageningen
25020 Alfianello
060 0808 Sapporo
46240 Carlet
4651 RZ Steenbegen
96 100 Skierniewice
SW1P 3JR London
