Cooperative Agreement AP24PPQST00C167

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $216,700.00 to North Carolina State University to advance research on integrated pest management, genetic control technology, surveillance technology, and regulatory entomology for several invasive insect species. The key activities include supporting the evaluation of transgenic fruit fly technology, developing mass rearing systems and evaluating the efficacy of biological control agents for spotted wing drosophila, and supporting the implementation of various pest management techniques for Asian citrus psyllid, European grapevine moth, and Japanese beetle. The expected outcomes include obtaining data on the efficacy of genetic control approaches, developing new monitoring and control tactics, and providing technical support to federal, state, and local officials managing outbreaks of these invasive pests in agricultural and horticultural regions across the United States.