SYSTEMATICS OF INSECTS AND MITES: PLANT PESTS, PREDATORS AND DISEASE VECTORS

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0436385
• Project Start Date: Aug 2, 2019
• Project End Date: Aug 1, 2024
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
P. O. BOX 37012 SMITHSONIAN INST.
WASHINGTON,DC 20013-7012

Performing Department
(N/A)

Non Technical Summary
(N/A)

Animal Health Component

70%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

20%

Applied

70%

Developmental

10%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
211	3110	1130	100%

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

Subject Of Investigation
3110 - Insects;

Field Of Science
1130 - Entomology and acarology;

Keywords

systematics

acari

hemiptera

phylogenetics

predator

insects

taxonomy

pest

species

dna

bar

code

Goals / Objectives
To provide laboratory support for molecular-related research (e.g., Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA extraction, DNA sequencing) to further augment phylogenetic and systematic analysis of Insect and Acari.

Project Methods
ARS will collect samples of insects and mites from both field and/or various museums. The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Laboratories of Analytical Biology (LAB) using their state-of-art and high throughput equipment will extract, amplify, sequence, and analyze DNA from these samples for use in ongoing systematic studies of insects and mites. Results and data will be shared with ARS which will subsequently make it available to the scientific community.