D.suzukii transgenic, population replacement, eradication, suppression

Author: Omar Akbari

Published: 2017

Summary: This projects goals were to evaluate the feasibility of engineering each strategy in D. suzukii, and to take concrete steps towards developing a genetically modified D. suzukii that can be mass-reared and deployed into the wild to suppress, and completely eliminate, the wild populations of this significant pest

Keywords:

• Cherry
• Crop Protection
• Pest Management
• Sterile Insect Technique
• Drosophila suzukii
• Gene discovery