• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Development of cost-effective SIT by integrating reproductive interference with regular sterile insect technique

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K14864
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Plant protection science
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus

Principal Investigator

HONMA Atsushi  琉球大学, 農学部, 協力研究員 (90527897)

Research Collaborator HARAGUCHI Dai  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords不妊虫放飼法 / 繁殖干渉 / 害虫防除 / 侵入害虫 / ミバエ / 昆虫 / 害虫管理 / 生態学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method, which has been applied around the world against a number of pests damaging to agriculture and those transmitting human diseases. However, the operation of SIT is highly costly. In the present study, we tried to develop an add-valued method by incorporating reproductive interference, the negative interspecific mating interaction into regular SIT. Using a simulation model, we demonstrated that the new method can simultaneously control both wild-type conspecifics and closely related pest species with single species of sterile insect. By conducting an experiment, we also demonstrated reproductive interference between a highly devastative and invasive pest, Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dosalis, and its close relative, B. carambolae.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

繁殖干渉は,他種への「求愛のエラー」によってその増殖を抑え,結果として種の絶滅を引き起こしたり分布を著しく制限したりするなど,生物群集の形成において非常に大きな影響を及ぼすことが近年明らかになってきた.本研究は,この繁殖干渉を害虫防除に利用しようとする,まったく新しい試みである.本研究の「一石二虫」の技術なら,従来の不妊虫放飼法を大幅に低コストにでき,より広い場面で適用することが可能となるだろう.例えば,従来の侵入害虫対策では可能性のあるすべての種に対してそれぞれシステムを構築する必要があるのに対し,本研究の技術なら,複数のターゲットの侵入に同時に対応することが可能である.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute(Taiwan)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Killing two bugs with one stone: a perspective for targeting multiple pest species by incorporating reproductive interference into sterile insect technique2019

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Honma Norikuni Kumano Suzuki Noriyuki
    • Journal Title

      Pest Management Science

      Volume: 75 Issue: 3 Pages: 565-570

    • DOI

      10.1002/ps.5202

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Sweet Potato Powder Content in Larval Artificial Diets on the Yield and Quality of Mass-Reared West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil, <i>Euscepes postfasciatus</i>(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)2018

    • Author(s)
      Ohishi Tsuyoshi、Honma Atsushi、Himuro Chihiro、Teruya Kiyohito
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 62 Issue: 2 Pages: 123-126

    • DOI

      10.1303/jjaez.2018.123

    • NAID

      130007403474

    • ISSN
      0021-4914, 1347-6068
    • Year and Date
      2018-05-25
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reproductive interference between two serious pests, oriental fruit flies Bactrocera carambolae and B. dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), with very wide but partially overlapping host ranges2018

    • Author(s)
      Kitano Daisuque、Fujii Nobuyuki、Sujiono、Yamaue Shigemasa、Kitamura Tasuku、Honma Atsushi、Tsukada Morio、Nishida Takayoshi、Sawada Hiroichi、Takakura Koh-Ichi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 53 Issue: 4 Pages: 525-533

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13355-018-0584-6

    • NAID

      40021717564

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Host plants influence female oviposition and larval performance in West Indian sweet potato weevils Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsurui-Sato Kaori、Kumano Norikuni、Honma Atsushi、Matsuyama Takashi、Haraguchi Dai、Teruya Kiyohito、Toyosato Tetsuya、Tatsuta Haruki
    • Journal Title

      Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 107-115

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13355-017-0535-7

    • NAID

      40021464783

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Appropriate number of inoculated eggs for mass-rearing the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)2017

    • Author(s)
      Himuro Chihiro、Kumano Norikuni、Honma Atsushi、Ikegawa Yusuke、Ohishi Tsuyoshi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 157-164

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13355-017-0536-6

    • NAID

      40021464876

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Exploring cost-effective SIT: incorporation of reproductive interference from sterilized insects.2018

    • Author(s)
      Honma Atsushi
    • Organizer
      10th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring cost-effective SIT: incorporation of reproductive interference from sterilized insects2018

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Honma
    • Organizer
      10th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Suppression and eradication of invasive pest species using reproductive interference with congeneric sterilized species2016

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Honma
    • Organizer
      XXV International Congress of Entomology
    • Place of Presentation
      Orland, Florida, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A new monitoring system for checking and controlling adequate sterilized insect release2016

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Honma, Dai Haraguchi & Takashi Matsuyama
    • Organizer
      First Symposium of Tephritid Workers of Asia, Australia and Oceania (TAAO) 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Putrajaya, Malaysia
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests(印刷中)2019

    • Author(s)
      Honma Atsushi、Ikegawa Yusuke; D. Perez-Staples, F. Diaz-Fleischer, P. Montoya and T. Vera (eds.)
    • Publisher
      CRC Press
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2022-02-22  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi