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EXPLORING THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF DIPTERAN PESTS TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES

Objective

1. Determine relationship between antimicrobial resistance and pesticide resistance in house flies. 2. Identify and describe microbial communities associated with dipteran pests of livestock. 3. Investigate the sugar feeding ecology of Culicoides biting midges and potential for use as a control target.

Investigators
NAYDUCH D; OLDS C; MCGREGOR B L
Institution
KANSAS STATE UNIV
Start date
2023
End date
2026
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
3020-32000-018-017S
Accession number
444094
Categories
Antimicrobial Resistance
https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=444094