Department of Entomology
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Plant Resistance to Insects is being developed for sunflower, potato, wheat, and sugarbeets.
Sunflower. Germplasm with resistance to the red sunflower seed weevil, the banded sunflower moth is being developed. Low levels of resistance to the sunflower midge are found in commercial sunflower hybrids. A novel method of selecting sunflower midge tolerance by using plant auxins was developed and is being refined. The interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis and banded sunflower moth resistance is being investigated. This is a cooperative project with the USDA-ARS Sunflower Research Unit.
Charlet, Laurence D. Adjunct Professor, USDA-ARS. phone: 701-239-1313.
Potato. Potato is being developed with resistance to the Colorado potato beetle. Breeding efforts are being led by Dr. Jim Lorenzen, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University. A focus is on the interaction of resistance and biological control.
Olson, Denise. Assistant Professor.
Wheat. Resistance to the orange blossom wheat midge is being sought in cooperation with Dr. Elias Elias of the Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University.
Sugarbeet. A recent release was made of sugarbeet germplasm with resistance to the sugarbeet root maggot. Breeding efforts are led by Dr. Larry Campbell, USDA-ARS Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit.
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Department of Entomology, 202 Hultz Hall North Dakota State University, Fargo ND
Dr. Don Kirby, School of Natural
Resource Sciences Director |
updated 30 June, 2008 |