The following projects, grouped by area of emphasis, will be presented at the CAMTech Planning Meeting. Click on the Presentation number to view the project description. Please note that these briefs serve as a starting point and can be modified to align more closely with industrial needs based on input from Prospective Center Members during the planning meeting
Insecticide Resistance
Presentation 1.1 – Systems-scale analysis of insecticide resistance, Fang Zhu, Kenneth F. Haynes and S. Reddy Palli (UK)
Presentation 1.2 – Natural synergists for overcoming resistance to pyrethroid insecticides, Joel Coats, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter, S. Reddy Palli, Aaron Gross, Jennifer Gordon (ISU, UK)
Novel Target Sites and Methods
Presentation 2.1 – Investigation of stink bug feeding biology to identify control targets, Nanasaheb Chougule, Bryony Bonning (ISU)
Presentation 2.2 – Novel and lethal target sites in insect biochemical pathways, S. Reddy Palli, Joel Coats, Russell Jurenka (UK, ISU)
Presentation 2.3 – Efficacy and compatability of biological control for pest management, James Harwood (UK)
Pest Tolerant Transgenic Plants
Presentation 3.1 – Development of cell- and tissue-specific plant promoters for biotechnological arthropod defense strategies, Philip Becraft, Indu Maiti (ISU, UK)
Presentation 3.2 – Optimizing protein synthesis in plants using plant viral sequences, W. Allen Miller (ISU)
RNA Interference
Presentation 4.1 – Simultaneous production and distribution of RNAi triggers, Kan Wang, Lyric Bartholomay (ISU)
Presentation 4.2 – Mechanisms of RNA interference, S. Reddy Palli, Bryony Bonning, Indu Maiti (UK, ISU)
Presentation 4.3 – RNAi-mediated genetic manipulation: Colony collapse in termites, Xuguo Zhou, Li Tian, Yangdong Song, Qing Wang (UK)
