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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS ON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PESTICIDES DEMAND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ECO-FRIENDLY AGENTS TO MITIGATE PEST AND PATHOGEN PRESSURE. BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES PRODUCE INSECTICIDAL BIOACTIVES, YET THEIR FIELD EFFICACY AND SAFETY TO NON-TARGET ORGANISMS IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN. FURTHERMORE, BACTERIAL METABOLITES WERE SUPPRESSIVE TO PECAN PATHOGENS IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS. OUR GOAL IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BACTERIAL METABOLITES AND PROTEINS AS NOVEL BIOPESTICIDES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ARTHROPOD PESTS AND DISEASES WITH PECAN AS A MODEL CROP. TOWARDS THIS GOAL, WE HAVE FORMED A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN ALL ASPECTS NEEDED FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING DETERMINATION OF ACTIVITY RANGE, IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVES, AND TESTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FIELD EFFICACY. OUTCOMES FROM THE PROJECT INCLUDE NEW SUSTAINABLE TACTICS FOR MANAGING PESTS AND DISEASES OF PECAN AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING TO OTHER CROPS, AND NEW CANDIDATE PROTECTANTS FOR TRANSGENIC CROPS. THESE OUTCOMES PROMOTE FOOD SAFETY AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY BY POTENTIALLY REDUCING PESTICIDE USE.

$748,195FY2023National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Ohio State University, The, Columbus OH

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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS ON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PESTICIDES DEMAND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ECO-FRIENDLY AGENTS TO MITIGATE PEST AND PATHOGEN PRESSURE. BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES PRODUCE INSECTICIDAL BIOACTIVES, YET THEIR FIELD EFFICACY AND SAFETY TO NON-TARGET ORGANISMS IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN. FURTHERMORE, BACTERIAL METABOLITES WERE SUPPRESSIVE TO PECAN PATHOGENS IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS. OUR GOAL IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BACTERIAL METABOLITES AND PROTEINS AS NOVEL BIOPESTICIDES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ARTHROPOD PESTS AND DISEASES WITH PECAN AS A MODEL CROP. TOWARDS THIS GOAL, WE HAVE FORMED A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN ALL ASPECTS NEEDED FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING DETERMINATION OF ACTIVITY RANGE, IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVES, AND TESTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FIELD EFFICACY. OUTCOMES FROM THE PROJECT INCLUDE NEW SUSTAINABLE TACTICS FOR MANAGING PESTS AND DISEASES OF PECAN AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING TO OTHER CROPS, AND NEW CANDIDATE PROTECTANTS FOR TRANSGENIC CROPS. THESE OUTCOMES PROMOTE FOOD SAFETY AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY BY POTENTIALLY REDUCING PESTICIDE USE. · GrantIndex