IUCRC for Integrated Pest Management

自从采用合成化学品作为杀虫剂以来，农业环境中有害生物的管理已变得高度技术性。明智地使用这些化学工具，并结合文化、机械和生物控制措施，尽量减少对环境的影响，是有害生物综合管理的一个组成部分。在北卡罗莱纳州立大学建立病虫害综合治理产学研合作研究中心的IPM研究项目获得了工业界的支持。病虫害综合管理产学研合作研究中心的初步研究项目将研究病虫害管理对环境质量的影响、作物损失评估和经济阈值确定、改进病虫害管理的基因工程、对病虫害生物学和生态学的进一步了解、农药抗性检测和管理、以及开发IPM决策支持系统。首席研究员和他的同事是国际公认的研究人员，有能力和资源来运行中心。该中心由生物技术项目经理F. Heineken博士协调。项目经理建议北卡罗莱纳州立大学在五年持续奖励的第一年获得50,000美元的奖励。在每个12个月的期末，项目经理和/或工程中心部门主任将根据以下标准审查中心的进展情况：(1)大学与行业的互动和合作正在发展的程度；（二）支承基地扩大的程度；(3)一个强有力的研究项目正在发展的程度。如果审查令人满意，项目经理将建议支持该持续奖励的下一阶段。

Management of pest species in agricultural environments has become highly technical since the introduction of synthetic chemicals as pesticides. The judicious use of these chemical tools, integrated with cultural, mechanical and biological controls to minimize effects on the environment is an integral part of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Industry support for a IPM research program has been obtained to establish an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Integrated Pest Management at North Carolina State University. The initial research program at the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Integrated Pest Management will address the impact of pest management on environmental quality, crop loss assessment and economic threshold determinations, genetic engineering for improved pest management, improved understanding of pest biology and ecology, pesticide resistance detection and management, and development of decision support systems for IPM. The Principal Investigator and his colleagues are internationally recognized researchers that have the capability and resources to run the Center. This Center has been coordinated with Dr. F. Heineken, Program Manager of Biotechnology Program. The Program Manager recommends North Carolina State University be awarded $50,000 for the first year of a five-year continuing award. Near the end of each 12 month period the Program Manager and/or the Director of the Engineering Centers Division will review the progress of the Center on a number of criteria, including the following: (1) the extent to which the university-industry interaction and collaboration is developing; (2) the extent to which the support base is expanding; (3) the extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support of the next period of this continuing award.