HOST STATUS OF TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL FRUITS FOR APPLE MAGGOT FLY

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0435615
• Project Start Date: Jul 1, 2018
• Project End Date: Sep 29, 2019
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG
PULLMAN,WA 99164-0001

Performing Department
(N/A)

Non Technical Summary
(N/A)

Animal Health Component

40%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

40%

Applied

40%

Developmental

20%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
211	1110	1130	100%

Knowledge Area
211 - Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants;

Subject Of Investigation
1110 - Apple;

Field Of Science
1130 - Entomology and acarology;

Keywords

rhagoletis

pomonella

tropical

fruits

host

use

export

markets

Goals / Objectives
To determine the use of apples and hawthorns, tropical fruits, and different apple varieties by apple maggot fly populations in Washington state for purposes of reducing trade barriers to export markets.

Project Methods
The approach is to conduct research to determine 1) use of tropical fruits by apple maggot flies in Washington; 2) use of peach and other fruits by apple maggot flies; 3) use of different varieties of apples grown in the western and eastern U.S. by apple maggot flies in the laboratory and field; and 4) efficacy of traps under low apple maggot densities in apple trees.