Joint project
REACT - Rapid elimination of invasive insect agricultural pest outbreaks by tackling them with sterile insect technique programs
Funder: European Union
Period: 2022-2026
URI: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101059523
Abstract:
Innovative strategies against invasive agricultural pest insects
The protection of fruit and vegetable production from two invasive insect pests, Bactrocera dorsalis (Bd) and B. zonata (Bz), is a top priority. The EU-funded REACT project will develop long-term environmentally friendly response strategies and innovative sustainable tools to increase the capacity to prevent, identify, monitor, and control these pests. The project will assess invasion risks by combining the characterization of the main facilitators and critical drivers of early invasive processes, sources, and dynamics of adventive populations, and suitable hotspots for species establishment with an analysis of the potential ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasions. REACT will then develop innovative field-deployable, rapid, species-specific, and cost-efficient strategies for sterile insect release programmes to protect fruit and vegetables from these invaders.
Innovative strategies against invasive agricultural pest insects
The protection of fruit and vegetable production from two invasive insect pests, Bactrocera dorsalis (Bd) and B. zonata (Bz), is a top priority. The EU-funded REACT project will develop long-term environmentally friendly response strategies and innovative sustainable tools to increase the capacity to prevent, identify, monitor, and control these pests. The project will assess invasion risks by combining the characterization of the main facilitators and critical drivers of early invasive processes, sources, and dynamics of adventive populations, and suitable hotspots for species establishment with an analysis of the potential ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasions. REACT will then develop innovative field-deployable, rapid, species-specific, and cost-efficient strategies for sterile insect release programmes to protect fruit and vegetables from these invaders.
Cooperation partners with funding
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- inSilico-IPM by Slawomir A. Lux
- Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon
- Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security
- National Research Council
- Oikoplus GmbH
