| Geographical focus
:: Colombia, Ecuador |
Start date :: January
1, 1998 |
| Completion date :: December 31,
2003 |
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| Project Name :: |
Sustainable Integrated Management of Whiteflies
as Pests and Vectors of Plant Viruses in the Tropics Phase 2 - Network
Strengthening, Pest and Disease Dynamics and IPM Component Research |
| Project Leader :: |
Dr. Francisco Morales |
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| Subproject Name :: |
Biological control of whiteflies, by indigenous
natural enemies, for major food crops in the neotropics |
| Subproject Description
:: |
The purpose of this project is to determine
the efficiency of indigenous South and Central American parasitoids
against whiteflies on cassava and horticultural food crops, in order
to select best potential parasitoids for continued research.The objectives
of the project are:
- To survey selected geographic areas of South and Central America
for whitefly species and their natural enemies.
- To determine whitefly and natural enemies complexes on cassava,
beans, vegetables and other crops.
- To evaluate the efficacy of indigenous whitefly natural enemies
and select best potential parasitoids as potential.
- To explore the use of indigenous parasitoids as potential biological
control agents.
- To make recommendations for introductions of parasitoids into
whitefly infested areas.
- To strengthen scientific and public knowledge with information
generated.
- To determine and evaluate entomopathogens for effective control
of whiteflies.
- To develop IPM strategic for sustainable and environmentally
sound whitefly control.
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| Subproject Leaders
:: |
Dr. Anthony Bellotti / Centro Internacional
de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT |
| Donor Partner :: |
Dr. Rob Bertram / United States Agency for International
Development - USAID |
Partner institutions
and collaborating professionals :: |
Colombia
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT
Ms. Maria del Pilar Hernández
Mr. Bernardo Arias
Mr. Jose María Guerrero
Mr. Harold Trujillo
Ms. Carol Holguín
Mr. Alejandro Ortega
United States of America
University of Florida. Tropical Education and Research Center
Dr. Jorge Peña
Florida Division of Plant Industry
Mr. Avas Hamon
Mr. Ru Nguyen
Dr. Greg Evans
Montana State University
Dr. Mike Rose
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| Dissemination Outputs :: |
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| Keywords :: |
Cassava (Manihot esculenta); Bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris); whiteflies; parasitoids; natural enemies; Colombia;
Ecuador |
