Call for Research Proposals on a New FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project(CRP):Improve the Mass-rearing of Lepi-doptera Pests for SIT Programmes

摘要

Lepidoptera are key insect pests that require control measures to avoid significant losses in many cropping systems worldwide.The sterile insect technique(SIT),which involves mass-rearing and releasing sterile insects to over-flood a wild pest population,has been used successfully against several Lepidoptera pest species such as pink boll-worm,codling moth,false codling moth,Australian painted apple moth and cactus moth.The Member States are requesting more technical assistance on SIT application of Lepidoptera pests of economic importance such as those mentioned above and others like the European grapevine moth,African sugarcane stalk borers,navel orangeworm and cocoa pod borer.