Amongst the specimens collected in May 2010, a new entomopathogenic fungus was identified as Neozygites microlophii which is a new record for Iran flora.

the aphid species, cinara pini (linnaeus, 1758) reported in our previous work as a new aphid on pinus trees for iran, was described using the classic method and through analysis of coi gene sequence. in the next step, we addressed the efficiency of the entomopathogenic fungus, lecanicillium longisporum (zimm.) zare and gams strain lrc 190, on the aphid. the fungus was administered to the second...

in this research, the effect of entomopathogenic fungus, beauveria bassiana (ascomycota, hypocreales), on functional response (in laboratory) and reproduction (in microcosm) of parasitoid wasp, aphidius matricariae haliday (hym.: braconidae) on its host, myzus persicae (sulzer) (hem.: aphididae) was investigated. illustrating number of mummified aphids versus initial density of green peach aphi...

entomopathogenic fungi may be affected by pesticides used to protect crop plants. the in vitro compatibility of beauveria bassiana and metarhizium anisopliae with three fungicides and 16 insecticides was evaluated. the formulations of pesticides were tested in three concentrations (mean concentration (mc), half mc and twice the mc). all tested fungicides, at three concentrations, were incompati...

background: considering to the high distribution of cockroaches as urban pests, the efficacy of different formula­tions of metarhizium anisopliae strain iran 437c were assessed against the brown-banded cockroach, supella longi­palpa f. under laboratory and field conditions. methods: metarhizium anisopliae isolates were screened with immersing adults of the brown-banded cockroachs in aqueous sus...

the entomopathogenic fungus, verticillium epiphytum was isolated from the infected specimens of thrips tabaci collected in mashhad in april 2011. the fungus has been previously reported from rusts and sugar beet cyst nematode heterodera schachtii. this is the first record of v. epiphytum on t. tabaci in the world.

In the present study, pathogenicity of four native strains of Entomopathogenic fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae, was studied against adult stage of Ixodes ricinus. For this purpose a total number of 180 adult ticks were examined in triplicate. Thirty ticks for each strain and negative and positive controls were immersed in 2.4×107 fungal conidia/ml in vitro. Samples were incubated in separate Pet...

Heavy metal ions are harmful for entomopathogenic fungi. Derivatives of starch dialdehyde such as dihydrazone (DHZ), dithiosemicarbazone (DTSC), and dioxime (DOX) were used to form water-insoluble complexes with heavy metal ions. This phenomenon thus provided protection of entomopathogenic fungus Paecilomyces farinosus from the toxic effects of heavy metal ions. The fungus growth and the sporul...

beauveria bassiana (balsamo) vuillemin is an important natural regulator of insect populations. identification of a suitable molecular marker for detecting a virulent phenotype on a target pest would be useful in screening for effective isolates against the pest. nine isolates of b. bassiana were tested for their virulence to adults of tribolium castaneum (herbst) in laboratory bioassay with 1×...

the entomopathogenic fungus, beauveria bassiana (bals.) vuill., is one of the facultative insect pathogens with a significant host range and host specificity. conidial survival may be affected by either environmental factors or by bio-pesticides and chemical products used to protect crop plants. in this research, compatibility of the above mentioned fungus was studied with some traditional inse...