Devil’s Claw Biological Control

FUNDING PARTNER: UFC, UECE, UFV, UEFS, CABI E SINDCARNAÚBA

STATUS: IN PROGRESS

ABOUT THE PROJECT

MAIN RESULTS

The project aims to identify a biological agent that guarantees the existence of a classic biological control strategy to combat the biological invasion of the Cryptostegia madagascariensis in the Carnauba crops in the Brazilian Northeast, guaranteeing the supply of Carnauba wax to the industrial sector.

• List of plants for specificity and safety testing for the biological control agent; • Collected material for using in the tests to be conducted by CABI in quarantine in England; • Updated geographical diagnosis of contamination by the species in the main watersheds of the northeast; • Monitoring stations in selected areas of Ceará created; • Report with partial results of data collection in the diagnostic and monitoring stations.