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Crop Protection

Research Program Manager: Dr T K Lim
email: lim@aciar.gov.au

The Crop Protection program has three main emphases: a systems approach to improving pre-harvest crop productivity including integrated pest management of pests and diseases; postharvest handling and disinfestation treatments; and biosecurity issues including diagnostics, pest/disease surveys and surveillance and assessment of the quarantine risk of specific horticultural crop.

All Projects

CP/1994/043 - Virus indexing and DNA fingerprinting for the international movement and conservation of taro germplasm

CP/1996/140 - Biological threats to Saccharum germplasm and sugar production in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia

CP/1997/017 - Reducing aflatoxin in peanuts using agronomic management and bio-control strategies in Indonesia and Australia

CP/1997/079 - Integrated control of mango insect pests using green ants as a key element

CP/1998/005 - Managing pest fruit flies to increase production of fruit and vegetable crops in Vietnam

CP/1998/018 - Bioherbicide development for cereals in integrated weed management

CP/1999/007 - Developing disease management capacity in Vietnam

CP/2000/002 - Development of advanced technologies for germplasm conservation of tropical fruit species

CP/2000/043 - Huanglongbing management for Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia

CP/2000/044 - Taro beetle management in PNG and Fiji

CP/2000/090 - Liriomyza huidobrensis leaf miner: developing effective pest management strategies for Indonesia and Australia

CP/2000/094 - Diagnosis and control of soilborne fungal diseases of plants in Indonesia

CP/2001/027 - Adaptation of low-chill temperate fruits to Australia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam

CP/2001/032 - Impact and management of Oribius weevils in Papua New Guinea

CP/2002/013 - Biology, damage levels and control of red-banded mango caterpillar in Papua New Guinea and Australia

CP/2002/086 - Improving postharvest quality of temperate fruits in Vietnam and Australia

CP/2002/115 - Diseases of crops in the central provinces of Vietnam: diagnosis, extension and control

CP/2003/029 - Management of potato late blight in Papua New Guinea

CP/2003/036 - Managing pest fruit flies to enhance quarantine services and upgrade fruit and vegetable production in Indonesia

CP/2003/042 - Fruit fly management in Papua New Guinea

CP/2004/001 - TaroPest: A computer based information and diagnostics package for taro pests of the South Pacific

CP/2004/034 - Diagnosis and management of wilt diseases of banana in Indonesia

CP/2004/048 - Integrated disease management (IDM) for anthracnose, Phytophthora blight and whitefly transmitted geminiviruses in chilli pepper in Indonesia

CP/2004/064 - Biological control of "mile-a-minute" (Mikania micrantha) in Papua New Guinea and Fiji

CP/2004/071 - Reducing pest and disease impact on yield in selected PNG sweet potato production systems

CP/2005/035 - Survey toolbox for plant pests - A practical manual for surveillance of agricultural crops and forests

CP/2005/053 - Plant disease diagnostic manual

CP/2005/075 - Integrated soil and crop management for rehabilitation of vegetable production in the tsunami-affected areas of NAD Province, Indonesia

CP/2005/136 - Mitigating the threat of banana Fusarium wilt: understanding the agroecological distribution of pathogenic forms and developing disease management strategies

CP/2005/167 - Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java

CP/2006/017 - Management of Eumetopina flavipes: the vector of ramu stunt disease of sugarcane in Papua New Guinea

CP/2006/051 - Cocoa pod borer scoping study in PNG

CP/2006/063 - Integrated pest management for Finschhafen disorder of oil palm in Papua New Guinea

CP/2006/066 - Improving productivity and fruit quality of sweet persimmon in Vietnam and Australia

CP/2006/083 - Effective phosphine fumigation - technology transfer

CP/2006/084 - Targeting crop protection research and development (R&D) towards social change amongst ethnic minority communities in central Vietnam

CP/2006/112 - Increasing the safe production, promotion and utilisation of indigenous vegetables by women in Vietnam and Australia

CP/2006/113 - Scoping study to review the role of women and assess constraints in the production of indigenous Vietnamese vegetables

CP/2006/114 - Managing cocoa pod borer in PNG through improved risk incursion management capabilities, IPM strategies and stakeholder participatory training

CP/2006/147 - Integrated pest management of stem borers and insect vectors of viral diseases of sugarcane in Indonesia

CP/2006/170 - Plant biosecurity: Technological research and training for improved pest diagnostics in Thailand and Australia

CP/2007/002 - Establishment of fruit fly pest free areas

CP/2007/111 - Incursion prevention and management of coffee berry borer (CBB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia (South Sulawesi and Papua)

CP/2007/123 - Scoping study to identify agricultural R&D needs and opportunities of rural upland communities in north-western Vietnam

CP/2007/187 - Technical support facility for commercialisation of protein bait production in north Vietnam

CP/2007/211 - Research issues on the brown planthopper / virus problem in rice in Vietnam

CS2/1991/011 - Biological control of the breadfruit mealybug (Icerya aegyptiaca) in the Pacific

CS2/1993/005 - Integrated control of citrus pests in China

CS2/1993/006 - Nutrient composition of some Pacific Island food crops and bushfoods

CS2/1993/007 - Biological control of green vegetable bug in Papua New Guinea

CS2/1993/725 - Development of a multimedia crop protection compendium - Pilot phase

CS2/1993/726 - INIBAP's Asia-Pacific Network (ASPNET)

CS2/1994/050 - Management of white grubs in peanut cropping systems in Asia and Australia

CS2/1994/135 - Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, a major pest of brassicas

CS2/1994/965 - Diagnosis and control of plant diseases in northern Vietnam

CS2/1995/132 - Use of entomopathogenic nematodes in China to control chive midges

CS2/1996/148 - Survey of Bemisia tabaci biotype B whitefly and its natural enemies in the South Pacific

CS2/1996/225 - Identification, biology, management and quarantine systems for fruit flies in Papua New Guinea

CS2/1996/233 - Consortium to develop an electronic compendium for crop protection in Southeast Asia

CS2/1998/078 - Sustainable integrated management of whiteflies as pests and vectors of plant viruses in Asia

CS2/1998/089 - Improvement of IPM of Brassica vegetable crops in China and Australia

CS2/1999/002 - Electronic Crop Protection Compendium: GLOBAL

CS2/2000/093 - Development of a diagnostic key for tropical rice disorders