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| Female (left) and male (right) spotted wing drosophila on a raspberry at the Upper Mountain Research Station near Laurel Springs, NC. Photo: HJB |
Last fall I征求help from the readers of this blog and from small fruit growers, consumers, and researchers from throughout the eastern US to rank spotted wing drosophila (SWD) research and extension needs. You responded in force with over 300 responses to our online and in person surveys. A group of researchers and extension folks (include myself) used theseresponsesto craft a multi state project, including cooperators from Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina with connections to projects in many other states, which we submitted to the USDASpecialty Crop Research Initiative Program. We entitled our projecteFLY. There is ongoing research activity in the western US on SWD, including theSWD*IPMgroup coordinated through Oregon State University, but we felt strongly that environmental differences in the eastern US presented very different management challenges for SWD and regionally appropriate research was crucial. This conclusion was borne out in 2011 when monitoring tools and management strategies developed in the western US did not prove effective in the southeast US and continues to be the case in 2012 as we encounter another difficult SWD management season.
Unfortunately, we recently received word last week that our project was not selected for funding. I don't often share the results of grants with the readers of this blog, but the feedback and participation we received from small fruit stakeholders throughout the eastern US to our request for help was so fantastic that I felt I should share the ultimate outcome with you as well. Reviewers of our proposal cited our strong stakeholder engagement as a strength of the proposal, which is in no small part thanks to the responses we received from you to our survey.
Unfortunately, we recently received word last week that our project was not selected for funding. I don't often share the results of grants with the readers of this blog, but the feedback and participation we received from small fruit stakeholders throughout the eastern US to our request for help was so fantastic that I felt I should share the ultimate outcome with you as well. Reviewers of our proposal cited our strong stakeholder engagement as a strength of the proposal, which is in no small part thanks to the responses we received from you to our survey.
这对美国东部的SWD研究意味着什么？
开发一个多国家项目的目的是回答整个美国东部有关SWD管理和生物学的问题，并制定近期可实施的SWD管理计划。如果没有资金，这个范围的项目将极不可能。在该项目上合作的许多科学家都有一些区域或国家支持，以在SWD上进行工作。
Our lab has funds fromNorth Carolinaand from theNC Blueberry Councilwhich will support some of our work for this year and part of next summer. TheSWD*VMNwill continue at least through 2012, and we hope to continue into 2013. Beyond this, however, funding is unclear. We will likely be seeking your feedback again for future multi state projects as well as reaching out to our state and local grower communities to understand their management needs and for continued and further support.
Please do not hesitate tocontact mefor more information on SWD in the southeast.
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