U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Biological Control of the Pine Bark Beetle

该奖项将支持佐治亚大学的C.W.Berisford教授、加州大学伯克利分校的D.L.Dahlsten博士和澳大利亚阿德莱德大学的F.D.Morgan博士之间的合作研究。研究人员将研究昆虫寄生虫和捕食者对澳大利亚松树皮甲虫的影响，并在这样做的同时，也将开发一种可靠的采样技术，用于未来对这一类型的评估。澳大利亚的环境是唯一适合这项研究的环境，因为松皮甲虫是那里唯一的树皮甲虫物种，因此可以研究它与寄生虫和捕食者的相互作用，而不会受到竞争物种的混杂影响。该项目结合了三个投资人的经验和专业知识；来自美国的人是松树皮甲虫寄生虫和捕食者方面的专家，他们的澳大利亚合作者一直在领导一个针对这些昆虫的生物防治计划。这项工作有可能增加我们对农业害虫的生物防治过程的理解，以及对经典生物防治的一些基本方面的理解，例如单次引入与多次引入生物性天敌。

This award will support cooperative research between Professor C.W. Berisford of the University of Georgia, Dr. D.L. Dahlsten of the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. F.D.Morgan of the University of Adelaide, Australia. The investigators will study the effects of insect parasites and predators on the pine bark beetle in Australia and, in so doing, will also develop a reliable sampling technique for future evaluations of this type. The Australian environment is a uniquely suitable one for this study, since the pine bark beetle is the only species of bark beetle there, and its interaction with parasites and predators can therefore be studied without the confounding effects of competitor species. The project combines the experience and expertise of the three inves- tigators; those from the U.S. are experts on the parasites and predators of the pine bark beetle, and their Australian collaborator has been directing a biological control program for these insects. The work has the potential to increase our understanding of the biological control process for agricultural pests, as well as of some basic aspects of classical biological control, such as single vs. multiple introductions of biological enemies.