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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Grants (S-RIPM) |
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Project Title:
Application of weather dynamics to predict changes and enhance IPM strategies for the Gulf Coast tick |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: TX Lead Organization: Texas AgriLife |
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Cooperating State(s):
Florida, Oklahoma |
| Undesignated Funding: $132,589 |
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Start Date: Sep-01-2011 End Date: Aug-31-2013 |
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Summary:
This is a research project. This research will integrate Gulf Coast (GCT) tick population changes into IPM strategies by 1.) determining whether GCT population changes are associated with weather; 2.) developing predictive models of GCT survivorship, and 3.) validating predictive models across its distribution. Weather factor indicators of tick desiccation stress will be evaluated as predictors of tick development and survival responses at the habitat-level and population responses at the regional (biome) level. This project will provide new methods to estimate GCT population changes, improve IPM usage, assess IPM benefits, and exposure to tick-borne diseases.
Objectives: We propose to: 1. determine whether area-wide Gulf Coast tick population expansions and contractions are associated with changing weather factors, 2. develop predictive models of Gulf Coast tick development and survival at the habitat level, and 3. validate habitat-level predictive models of Gulf Coast tick development and survival along its TX-OK-FL distribution. |
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