“Transboundary pest management”
Development of environment-friendly management system against transboundary plant pests based on ecological characteristics
Related Research Program
Food
2023-06-08
背景
地球温暖化による越冬可能域の拡大や社会のグローバル化による移動分散の加速化により、越境性害虫の被害が拡大しています。アフリカからアジアにかけて、サバクトビバッタによる多様な作物への加害が問題になっています。また、アジアでは、古くからの重要な越境性害虫であるイネウンカ類に加えて、近年ではツマジロクサヨトウが侵入し大きな被害を及ぼしています。越境性害虫のまん延や拡散を防止するためには、先進国が率先して環境負荷が小さい管理技術の開発を進め、開発途上地域を含めた協力体制を構築する必要があります。
プロジェクト目標
世界的に問題となっている越境性害虫であるサバクトビバッタ、イネウンカ類およびツマジロクサヨトウの常発国において、それらの生態に基づく効率的で環境負荷が小さい防除技術を国際機関等と連携し開発します。加えて、新たな越境性害虫問題が顕在化した際に、効率的に総合防除技術を開発するための指針となる経済的評価モデルを提示します。
研究課題構成
- アフリカにおける野外生態に基づくサバクトビバッタ防除技術の開発
- アジアにおける越境性害虫の環境調和型防除体系の構築
対象国
モーリタニア、ケニア、ベトナム、カンボジア、タイ、日本
Target Beneficiaries
Producers, government agencies, and international organizations located in areas where the target pests are endemic
Project Leader
KOBORI Youichi (Crop, Livestock and Environment Division)
Poster
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JIRCAS Report
Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro Receives 19th JSPS Prize at the Award Ceremony
Dr. MAENO Kotaro, Senior Researcher in the Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, received the 19th (FY2022) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize at the award ceremony held at the Japan Academy in Tokyo on February 7, 2023.
Ceremony Celebrates Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro’s 2020 Chinguitt Prize for Science and Technology
A ceremony was held at the Mauritanian National Desert Locust Center (Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne; CNLA) in Mauritania to celebrate the awarding of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's Chinguitt Prize for Science and Technology 2020 to Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro.
Senior Researcher MAENO Kotaro Wins the 19th JSPS Prize
Dr. MAENO Kotaro, Senior Researcher in the Crop, Livestock and Environment and Division, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 19th (FY2022) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize.
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Pick Up845. Understanding Desert Locust Behavior to Avoid Cannibalism During Molting ーAdvancing Eco-Friendly Pest Control Strategies
The desert locust is an important pest that causes serious agricultural damage in Africa and Asia. Because there are many unknowns about its ecology in the field, inefficient and environmentally damaging pest control measures have to be used after an outbreak of desert locusts has occurred and the problem has become apparent. To address this problem, JIRCAS has been developing efficient pest control techniques based on desert locust ecology to reduce the damage to agriculture. In this issue, we present the results of research on the collective behavior of desert locust nymphs, in particular the avoidance of cannibalism during molting, which is essential for the establishment of pest control methods that lead to a reduction in the use of pesticides.
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Pick Up401. Elucidating the Unique Reproductive Behavior of Desert Locust Leads to Reduction in Use of Pesticides
Desert locusts are found in semi-arid regions from West Africa to India, where they often cause serious agricultural damage. JIRCAS is conducting research to develop efficient control technologies based on the ecology of desert locust. In this article, we introduce our research on the reproductive behavior of the desert locusts, which can lead to environment-friendly pest control that does not require the use of pesticides more than necessary.