Management of Snails for Grub Control
Description
A project on management (biological,
chemical,physical) of snails for grub control. This
project is chaired by Gregory W. Whitledge,
Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale.
The
objectives of this project are:
-
Investigate one
or more methods of potentially useful approaches
to snail population management and/or grub
control. The methods of greatest interest include
those that will be effective, economical, and
approvable by state and federal regulators at
commercial production scale. These methods
will include reviewing what has been done
elsewhere and designing studies that will address
the NCRAC conditions, especially in pond systems
for the production of economically important food
fish for the region. Attempts will be made to
investigate and refine these
methods.
-
Assemble an
updatable snail management guide which includes a
literature review of known control options, a
method of determining snail infestation levels in
any water system, and a set of standard operating
procedures to reduce snail populations and
trematode infestations based on the research
cited in Objective
1.
Participants:
|
Principal
Investigator(s)/Institution
|
Objectives
|
Funding
|
|
Gregory W.
Whitledge (Southern
Illinois
University-Carbondale)
|
1
|
$121,340
|
|
Christopher F.
Hartleb & Todd Huspeni (University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point)
|
1
|
$83,160
|
|
Joseph E. Morris
& Richard D. Clayton (Iowa State
University)
|
2
|
$20,500
|
|
Total
|
$225,000
|
Non-funded
Collaborators:
|
Facility
|
Collaborator
|
|
Blue Iris Fish Farm
|
Bill West
|
|
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade
and Consumer Protection
|
Myron Kebus
|
Project outline (178 KB pdf file)
Duration: 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2009
Funding Level: $225,000
Grant Number: 2007-38500-18469