Investigating the molecular basis of insecticide control failure in the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua and diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

研究甜菜夜蛾、甜菜夜蛾和小菜蛾杀虫剂控制失败的分子基础

• 批准号: 1773792
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1773792
• 关键词: Investigating; molecular; basis; insecticide; control

Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, is a devastating pest of a range of important food and non-food crops. This species is native to southeast Asia but is now found in Africa, southern Europe, Japan, Australia and north America. Currently the primary means of control of Beet armyworm relies on the use of chemical insecticides. As a result there are now reports of resistance to a range of the older compounds used for control, and newer compounds such as the diamides are increasingly relied on. This studentship aims to characterise the molecular mechanisms underlying resistance of Beet armyworm to insecticides and develop tools and strategies to combat resistance.

甜菜夜蛾（Spodoptera exigua）是一系列重要粮食和非粮食作物的毁灭性害虫。该物种原产于东南亚，但现在在非洲，南欧，日本，澳大利亚和北美都有发现。目前控制甜菜夜蛾的主要手段是使用化学杀虫剂。因此，现在有报道说，对一系列用于控制的旧化合物产生了抗药性，而新化合物如二酰胺越来越多地被依赖。本研究项目旨在阐明甜菜夜蛾对杀虫剂产生抗药性的分子机制，并开发对抗抗药性的工具和策略。