Efficacy of Different Entomopathogenic Fungi against Mango Hoppers in Middle Gujarat

Entomopathogenic Fungi Screening against Fruit Fly in Thailand

The screening of entomopathogenic fungi, 7 isolates of Metarhizium spp., 12 isolates of Beauveria spp., and 1 isolate of Hirsutella citriformis against fruit fly was performed in Lampang Agricultural Research and Training Centre, Lampang, Thailand. The efficacy test was done by spraying suspension of 10 spores per ml of fungus on Bactrocera dorsalis in completely randomized design experiments. ...

Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Fungi Against Chilli Thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis

Commercial strains of entomopathogenic fungi were evaluated for control of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), an invasive pest of ornamental and vegetable plants in the Caribbean and southeastern United States. In laboratory assays, LC50 values against adult S. dorsalis were 5.1 × 10(4) CFU/mL for Beauveria bassiana GHA, with higher values 3.1 × 10(5) for Metar...

Preliminary study on virulence of some isolates of entomopathogenic fungi in different developmental stages of Boophilus annulatus in Iran

NEW RECORDS OF SOME ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI FROM IRAN

Examining dead insects from different locations in Mazandaran, Gilan and TehranProvinces, specimens with fungal outgrowth were selected for further investigations. After isolation and purification of fungi they were identified as follows:Beauveria brongniartii (Sacc.) Petch*On Coccinella septempunctata, Tehran Prov., Varamin, Ghara-Aghaj mountains, M.H. Ghassemi (IRAN 1025 C). Paecilomyces tenu...

Entomopathogenic Fungi on Hemiberlesia pitysophila

Hemiberlesia pitysophila Takagi is an extremely harmful exotic insect in forest to Pinus species, including Pinus massoniana. Using both morphological taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics, we identified 15 strains of entomogenous fungi, which belong to 9 genera with high diversities. Surprisingly, we found that five strains that were classified as species of Pestalotiopsis, which has been consi...