{"id":5849,"date":"2017-10-10T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2017-10-10T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:02:30","slug":"complementary-strategies-for-the-sustainable-management-of-an-invasive-pest-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/2017\/complementary-strategies-for-the-sustainable-management-of-an-invasive-pest-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Complementary strategies for the sustainable management of an invasive pest in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January 2016, the first reports of a new invasive pest was received in Africa. In less\u00a0than two years, the new pest \u2013 the Fall armworm, Spodoptera frugiperda \u2013 had spread to\u00a0most countries (>30) within-sub-Saharan Africa (https:\/\/youtu.be\/4iN7-DmOjwc<\/a>). There\u00a0are now global efforts to control this new threat to the region\u2019s food security; initially these\u00a0have focused on the large-scale use of chemical insecticides, but this approach is not\u00a0sustainable due to the large burden these chemicals impose on the landscape and their\u00a0impact on beneficial insects, such as bees and other insect pollinators. The United\u00a0Nations food and Agriculture organisation have recommended that a low-chemical\u00a0approach, consistent with integrated pest management (IPM) be promoted\u00a0(https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y7xb3e39<\/a>). As part of these efforts, this studentship will explore the\u00a0potential for Fall armyworm (FAW) control using environmentally-safe biological\u00a0pesticides and armyworm-resistant\/tolerant crop species and strains. Specifically, this\u00a0project has 3 main aims:<\/p>\n

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  1. To identify suitable biopesticides for FAW<\/li>\n
  2. To identify\u00a0suitable crop species and maize strains resistant or tolerant to FAW attack<\/li>\n
  3. To establish\u00a0whether the beneficial effects of resistant\/tolerant host plants and biopesticides are\u00a0additive, synergistic or antagonistic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The project will achieve these goals by using a\u00a0combination of approaches, including biopesticide bioassays, phenotyping, behavioural\u00a0assays, chemical ecology approaches and field trials in Kenya. The student will be\u00a0expected to spend significant amounts of time at both Lancaster University and\u00a0Rothamsted Research, as well as several weeks in Kenya.<\/p>\n

    Applicants should hold a minimum of a UK Honours Degree at 2:1 level or equivalent in\u00a0Biology or related subject.<\/p>\n

    Enquiries should be directed by email to Prof. Ken Wilson (ken.wilson@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>)\u00a0or Dr. Gia Aradottir (gia.aradottir@rothamsted.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In January 2016, the first reports of a new invasive pest was received in Africa. In less\u00a0than two years, the new pest \u2013 the Fall armworm, Spodoptera frugiperda \u2013 had spread to\u00a0most countries (>30) within-sub-Saharan Africa (https:\/\/youtu.be\/4iN7-DmOjwc). There\u00a0are now global efforts to control this new threat to the region\u2019s food security; initially these\u00a0have focused on… Read More »Complementary strategies for the sustainable management of an invasive pest in Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-rothamsted"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/Gia-Aradottir-Image-400x400px.jpg?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1wl","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5851,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849\/revisions\/5851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}