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

准确监测害虫是作物生产盈利的关键，并通过改进施用时间来减少农药的使用。该项目将研究开发SmartTraps系统的可行性，用于远程监测斑点翅果蝇（SWD），这是一种入侵水果害虫，在欧洲和美国增加了10%的生产成本，并威胁到英国的软果和核果产业。在紧凑、自主、非饱和的诱捕器中通过图像分析快速准确地识别近显微镜下的斑翅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。这些诱捕器将使社署能够进行更密切和更可靠的监测，并将是害虫特定监测技术的重大进步，允许在网络和各种移动的平台上访问真实的基于云的数据集成。该技术将在全球范围内广泛应用于许多害虫。

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.