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PHID-Coleo

Plant Health Identification of Coleoptera

Morpholoical-moleculare identification of beetles in wood packing materials


Our project PHID-Coleo (= Plant Health Identification of Coleoptera ) has the objective to develop new diagnostic tools for the identification of potentially invasive and economically important beetles that can be found in wood packaging materials. The identification methods include classical identification keys based on morphological characters as well as molecular methods based on DNA analysis by PCR (barcoding). The methods for species identification will be supplemented by molecular analyses of introduced population to clarify within species variations. Such methods will make it possible to determine the taxonomic relationship of samples from different areas and to draw conclusions about the introduction pathways, resulting in more efficient monitoring of the invasive species and preventing their spread.

 

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