Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Collège Boréal
$23,754.00
Overwintering of milfoil weevils: An experiment in one northern Ontario urban city
EF 2013-14
Résumé
The purpose of the present study is to keep the first laboratory overwintering adult milfoil weevil population inSudbury, Ontario. Since 2010, milfoil weevils have been effectively used in area lakes as a viable biologicalpest control agent against Eurasian watermilfoil invasion. However, the weevils fail to reproduce at colderwater temperatures, which severely limit their availability for stocking lakes and eradicating the milfoil plant.Natural resource professors and students at Collège Boréal will collaborate with staff at EnviroScience Inc. tocollect and over-winter adult weevils in environmental rooms from November 2013 to March 2014. Theintended result is to ensure the survival and availability of adult weevils that become the next generation ofcultures in the spring of 2014.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
453288-2013
Name nom
Battochio, Randy
Department département
Siège Social
Organization id
32784
Institution établissement
Collège Boréal
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2013
Competition year année de concours
2013
Award amount
23754
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
408
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Wildlife management
Area of application fr
Gestion de la faune
Research subject code
4702
Research subject group en
Evolution and ecology
Research subject group fr
Évolution et écologie
Research subject en
Aquatic ecology and limnology
Research subject fr
Écologie aquatique et limnologie
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Overwintering of milfoil weevils: An experiment in one northern Ontario urban city
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The purpose of the present study is to keep the first laboratory overwintering adult milfoil weevil population inSudbury, Ontario. Since 2010, milfoil weevils have been effectively used in area lakes as a viable biologicalpest control agent against Eurasian watermilfoil invasion. However, the weevils fail to reproduce at colderwater temperatures, which severely limit their availability for stocking lakes and eradicating the milfoil plant.Natural resource professors and students at Collège Boréal will collaborate with staff at EnviroScience Inc. tocollect and over-winter adult weevils in environmental rooms from November 2013 to March 2014. Theintended result is to ensure the survival and availability of adult weevils that become the next generation ofcultures in the spring of 2014.
