FHTET BIOPESTICIDE PROGRAM ONGOING PROJECTS ARTHROPODS

Awarded 5-year contract with Sylvar (a Canadian company) to produce 25,000 acre equivalents Developed a commercially produced carrier – Carrier 038A available through Omnova Solutions (Chester, SC) Coordinate the use of gypchek as part of the Gypsy Moth Cooperative Suppression, Eradication, and Slow- the-Spread Programs Maintain state registrations (WI, OH, WV, VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY) Gypchek nucleopolyhedrovirus for gypsy moth

Developed a commercially produced carrier – Carrier 038A available through Omnova Solutions (Chester, SC) Maintain state registrations (OR, WA, ID, NM, CA) TM-Biocontrol-1 nucleopolyhedrovirus for Douglas-fir tussock moth

Derived through fermentation of naturally occurring soil microbe Active ingredient Spinosyn A and Spinosyn D Used successfully to control a variety of insect pests Lab and field trials against emerald ash borer adults feeding on ash foliage Consecutive yearly applications reduced EAB populations but not sufficiently to protect tree health Spinosad

Commercially produced - boreGONE® (Phyllon Bio Products) Strain of Bt with high activity against certain species of beetles Evaluated in lab and small-scale field trials for control of emerald ash borer adults feeding on ash foliage Limited efficacy due to formulation and application inconsistencies Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae

Fungus in commercial product Mycotal® (Koppert Biological Systems, Netherlands) for HWA control Mycotal® tank mixed with MycoMax®, a fungal enhancer 2009 and 2010, aerial application of Mycotal® hemlock forest in TN and ground application in VT Aerial application of Mycotal® reduced HWA population growth Ground application of Mycotal® arrested HWA population growth, control trees HWA continued to expand Lecanicillium muscarium

Developing fungal grass pathogen’s phytotoxic metabolites for inundative control of invasive bufflegrass in environmentally sensitive areas (e.g. Sonoran Desert) This foliar pathogen already occurs on bufflegrass in North America Characterize the phytotoxins produced by strains of P. grisea from bufflegrass and examine their ability to cause disease-life damage on bufflegrass host plants Pyricularia grisea phytotoxic metabolites