ProjectI-ResPect – Insecticide resistance, population and effect on biodiversity

Basic data

Acronym:
I-ResPect
Title:
Insecticide resistance, population and effect on biodiversity
Duration:
01/06/2016 to 31/05/2018
Abstract / short description:
Apple orchards are highly treated crops, in which organophosphorus, neonicotinoid and synthetic phyrethroid compounds are the most heavily sprayed insecticides. These compounds are toxic to non-target arthropods and increase resistance making apple orchards an interesting case to study the deleterious effects of insecticides on non-target species. The three main scientific questions of this project are: 1. Does insecticide resistance affect the energetic resrves of the earwing F. auricularia? 2. What are the inter-generational effects of resistance on F. auricularia fitness traits?3. What are the mechanisms involved in insecticide resistance/tolerance?
Keywords:
Stress Hsp 70
ecotoxicology
Ökotoxikologie
agriculture
Landwirtschaft

Involved staff

Managers

Faculty of Science
University of Tübingen
Institute of Evolution and Ecology
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science

Local organizational units

Institute of Evolution and Ecology
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science

Funders

Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
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