14-ATC2 Feasibility of developing autonomous SmartTraps for remote monitoring Spotted Wing Drosophila in soft and stone fruit

对害虫的准确监测是有利可图的作物生产的关键，并通过改善施药时机来减少杀虫剂的使用。这个项目将研究开发一个SmartTraps系统对斑点果蝇(SWD)进行远程监控的可行性。斑翅果蝇是一种入侵的水果害虫，在欧洲和美国已经使生产成本增加了10%，并威胁到英国的软果和核果果业。在紧凑的、自主的、非饱和的诱捕器中，通过图像分析快速准确地识别近显微斑点果蝇雄性和雌性的可行性将被确定为关键的初步步骤和技术挑战。这些陷阱将使社署能够进行更密切和更可靠的监测，并将是虫害监测技术的重大进步，使人们能够在网络和各种移动平台上实时集成基于云的数据。这项技术将在全球范围内广泛应用于众多害虫。

The accurate monitoring of pests is key to profitable crop production and lowers pesticide use through improved timing of application. This project will investigate the feasibility of developing a SmartTraps system for remote monitoring of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), an invasive fruit pest that has increased the cost of production by 10% in Europe and the US and threatens the UK soft and stone fruit industries. The feasibility of rapidly and accurately identifying the near microscopic Spotted Wing Drosophila males and females by image analysis in compact, autonomous, non-saturating traps will be determined as the key preliminary step and technological challenge. The traps will allow much closer and more reliable monitoring of SWD, and will be a significant advancement in pest specific monitoring technology, allowing real time cloud-based data integration accessible on the web and a variety of mobile platforms. The technology will have wide application for numerous pests globally.