SBIR Phase I: Novel attractants for the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri

SBIR 第一阶段：亚洲柑橘木虱（Diaphorina citri）的新型引诱剂

• 批准号: 1014283
• 负责人: Daniel Woods
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Inscent, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1014283&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Novel; attractants; Asian

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will provide better attractants for the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. D. citri vectors citrus greening disease and is thus the most serious pest faced by the US citrus industry. The pest already has severely affected Florida citrus production, has entered Texas, and is spreading into California, yet no accurate means of assessing population densities or range exist due to a lack of effective attractants for use in bait stations and traps. The approach described uses rational design to isolate compounds that bind to critical psyllid chemosensory proteins, and then identifies those compounds capable of attracting psyllids. This project incorporates several novel platform technologies comprising a high-throughput assay system for rapidly identifying molecules that interact with insect chemosensory proteins.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project are platform technologies applicable to the development of control products for insect pest species of economic, agricultural, or medicinal significance. No psyllid attractant currently exists; traps used for psyllids rely solely on color and are ineffective in gathering reliable population density or range data. A trap utilizing an effective attractant would benefit the citrus industry since it would yield data useful in monitoring the psyllid and in generating control strategies. Key market players include the current manufacturers of colored sticky traps; however, the attractant proposed could be incorporated into these traps, creating a highly effective end product with a very high market demand. Citrus growers have already expressed their keen interest in purchasing such a product.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将为亚洲柑橘木虱提供更好的引诱剂。柑橘黄化病是美国柑橘产业面临的最严重的害虫。这种害虫已经严重影响了佛罗里达州的柑橘生产，已经进入德克萨斯州，并正在蔓延到加利福尼亚州，但由于缺乏用于诱饵站和诱捕器的有效引诱剂，目前还没有准确的方法来评估种群密度或范围。所描述的方法使用合理的设计来分离与关键的木虱化学感觉蛋白结合的化合物，然后鉴定那些能够吸引木虱的化合物。该项目结合了几种新的平台技术，包括用于快速识别与昆虫化学感觉蛋白相互作用的分子的高通量测试系统。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是可应用于开发具有经济、农业或医药意义的害虫控制产品的平台技术。目前还不存在木虱引诱剂；用于木虱的陷阱仅依赖于颜色，在收集可靠的种群密度或范围数据方面无效。利用有效引诱剂的诱捕器将使柑橘产业受益，因为它将产生有助于监测木虱和制定防治策略的数据。主要的市场参与者包括目前彩色粘性诱捕器的制造商；然而，建议的引诱剂可以加入到这些诱捕器中，创造出具有非常高的市场需求的高效最终产品。柑橘种植者已经表达了他们购买这种产品的浓厚兴趣。