Location: Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research
Project Number: 3020-32000-018-018-N
Project Type: Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Feb 1, 2024
End Date: Jan 31, 2026
Objective:
Current insecticide formulations are prone to insecticide resistance development and application methods used are short term and may miss certain target organisms, such as small biting midges. The aim of this research is to test novel insecticide formulations and delivery mechanisms that will improve the efficacy of insecticide applications and to investigate effects of novel insecticides on the microbiome of study insects.
Approach:
Cooperator will test novel insecticides produced by a cooperator on a separate NFCA on Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes while ARS PI tests insecticides on Culicoides sonorensis biting midges. Cooperator will then characterize changes in the microbiome of both study Culex quinquefasciatus and Culicoides sonorensis in response to the novel insecticide.
