Interactions among Plants, Insects, and Microbes: Elucidation of Inter-Organismal Chemical Communications in Agricultural Ecology

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Journal of Applied Entomology

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Abstract

Twenty-two strains of entomopathogenic fungi were tested in the laboratory to determine their pathogenicity to adult Megalurothrips sjostedti. All the fungal strains were pathogenic to the insect. Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae strains caused mortality ranging between 29 and 100% and 54 to 100%, respectively. In contrast, Verticillium lecanii and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus were less virulent, causing mortality ranging between 29 to 68 and 13%, respectively. The LT50 of the most virulent B. bassiana and M. anisopliae strains was 2.7 and 2.4 days, respectively. The LC50 for the most active B. bassiana strain was 7.9 x 106 conidia/ml. The LC50 for the most active strain of M. anisopliae was 1.3 x 106 conidia/ml. Two strains of B. bassiana and four strains of M. anisopliae were found to be highly pathogenic to M. sjostedti, which suggests a potential for their use in the biological control of the pest.

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