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| − | < | + | Scale insects like to be parasitic on many kinds of fruit trees, flowers, and crops. For example, succulent plants, apricot, and apple trees attract them a lot. Besides, the honeydew they secrete can cause sooty mould, therefore, it is extremely important for farmers to prevent the rampancy of scale insects. They vary in appearance, but the common thing is that they all secrete a waxy coating as their “armor”. |
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| + | However, now the way people use to kill the scale insect is not great and convenient enough. The most effective method is to inject pesticide into the trunk, so when the scale insect bites the trees, they would be killed. However, using chemical way would let them start to develop a resistance to a certain kind of pesticide, and there is a huge possibility that the whole food change would be changed and the ecological balance would be destroyed. In order to bring convenience and safe to farmers, we decide to create a special bio-safe pesticide, and make the killing process faster, stronger and better. | ||
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| − | <p> | + | Our thought of this project comes from the basic structure of the scale insect. According to other researches, the thick shell of the insect is made of three different kinds of material: a layer of wax secreted by the insect, a layer of chitin, and a layer of protein. These substances compose the harsh shell of the scale insect. Since it is a combination of wax, chitin and protein, we consider that maybe we can decompose them layer by layer, and finally destroy its shell. Without its shell, it is extremely difficult for it to stay alive, and any kind of pesticide would be able to kill that insect easily and immediately. Therefore, we put this idea forward: decompose its shell layer by layer, and finally get the result that its harsh shell is destroyed. |
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| + | Our design comes from the special characteristic of the scale insect. Since its honeydew contains sucrose, we plan to use sucrose promoter, which is pretty sensitive to sucrose. After sensing the existence of sucrose, it recognizes the scale insect and starts working. Besides, since this kind of insects always damage fruit trees and succulent plants, it is important that we should keep them safe while killing those insects. Otherwise, those fruits may be stained. Thus, we design a suicide process to let bacteria suicide after wipe out those pests. After killing the insect, bacteria would kill themselves because of the suicide gene. In this way, we can ensure that our method won’t affect any plants or fruits. | ||
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Revision as of 03:47, 29 June 2017
SMS_Shenzhen
Welcome to iGEM 2017 Team SMS_Shenzhen!
Project Description
Background
Scale insects like to be parasitic on many kinds of fruit trees, flowers, and crops. For example, succulent plants, apricot, and apple trees attract them a lot. Besides, the honeydew they secrete can cause sooty mould, therefore, it is extremely important for farmers to prevent the rampancy of scale insects. They vary in appearance, but the common thing is that they all secrete a waxy coating as their “armor”.
However, now the way people use to kill the scale insect is not great and convenient enough. The most effective method is to inject pesticide into the trunk, so when the scale insect bites the trees, they would be killed. However, using chemical way would let them start to develop a resistance to a certain kind of pesticide, and there is a huge possibility that the whole food change would be changed and the ecological balance would be destroyed. In order to bring convenience and safe to farmers, we decide to create a special bio-safe pesticide, and make the killing process faster, stronger and better.
Introduction
Our thought of this project comes from the basic structure of the scale insect. According to other researches, the thick shell of the insect is made of three different kinds of material: a layer of wax secreted by the insect, a layer of chitin, and a layer of protein. These substances compose the harsh shell of the scale insect. Since it is a combination of wax, chitin and protein, we consider that maybe we can decompose them layer by layer, and finally destroy its shell. Without its shell, it is extremely difficult for it to stay alive, and any kind of pesticide would be able to kill that insect easily and immediately. Therefore, we put this idea forward: decompose its shell layer by layer, and finally get the result that its harsh shell is destroyed.
Our design comes from the special characteristic of the scale insect. Since its honeydew contains sucrose, we plan to use sucrose promoter, which is pretty sensitive to sucrose. After sensing the existence of sucrose, it recognizes the scale insect and starts working. Besides, since this kind of insects always damage fruit trees and succulent plants, it is important that we should keep them safe while killing those insects. Otherwise, those fruits may be stained. Thus, we design a suicide process to let bacteria suicide after wipe out those pests. After killing the insect, bacteria would kill themselves because of the suicide gene. In this way, we can ensure that our method won’t affect any plants or fruits.
Wiki template information
We have created these wiki template pages to help you get started and to help you think about how your team will be evaluated. You can find a list of all the pages tied to awards here at the Pages for awards link. You must edit these pages to be evaluated for medals and awards, but ultimately the design, layout, style and all other elements of your team wiki is up to you!
Editing your wiki
On this page you can document your project, introduce your team members, document your progress and share your iGEM experience with the rest of the world!
Use WikiTools - Edit in the black menu bar to edit this page
Tips
This wiki will be your team’s first interaction with the rest of the world, so here are a few tips to help you get started:
- State your accomplishments! Tell people what you have achieved from the start.
- Be clear about what you are doing and how you plan to do this.
- You have a global audience! Consider the different backgrounds that your users come from.
- Make sure information is easy to find; nothing should be more than 3 clicks away.
- Avoid using very small fonts and low contrast colors; information should be easy to read.
- Start documenting your project as early as possible; don’t leave anything to the last minute before the Wiki Freeze. For a complete list of deadlines visit the iGEM 2017 calendar
- Have lots of fun!
Inspiration
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Uploading pictures and files
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When you upload, set the "Destination Filename" to T--YourOfficialTeamName--NameOfFile.jpg. (If you don't do this, someone else might upload a different file with the same "Destination Filename", and your file would be erased!)
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