Project Number: 6629-22000-009-16
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Nov 17, 2004
End Date: Sep 30, 2009

Objective:
Evaluate in U.S. quarantine Australian melaleuca insects for use as biological control agents. Establish in Florida persistent populations of approved insects.

Approach:
Determine melaleuca insect biologies, develop mass rearing procedures, screen insects for host range, examine larval feeding preferences, release into field nurseries in south Florida, monitor for population establishment, evaluate population dynamics.