Pathogenıcıty of Three Isolates of the Entomopathogenıc
Fungı
Beauveria bassianato Control Hyphantria
cunea (Drury)
(Lepıdoptera: Arctııdae) Larvae
Nurcan ALBAYRAK İSKENDER1 Serkan ÖRTÜCÜ2 Yaşar AKSU3
1Artvin Coruh
University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Artvin, Turkey
E-mail: nurcaniskender25@hotmail.com
2Erzurum
Technical University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Erzurum,
Turkey
3Regional Directorate
of Forestry, Artvin, Turkey
Abstract
The objective of
this study was to determine the pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana against
Hyphantri acunea(Drury) larvae under the laboratory conditions. The H.
cunea larvae were collected in Georgia and entomopathogenic fungi (PaF04,
PaF09, PaF76) were isolated from Pristiphora abietina larvae in the
previous study. Applications were performed by immersing the larvae in the
conidial suspension(106 conidia/ml) for 30 s. All fungal isolates tested were
pathogenic to the H. cunea larvae causing mortality between 90±5,77% and
96,6±3,33%. Mortality caused by B. bassiana was not significantly
different between the isolates (p<0,05). LT50 values varied between
2,36±0,31 and 2,53±0,17 days. The present results suggested that B. bassiana
has an excellent potential for biological control of H. cunea larvae.
Additional field research is needed to determine effect of B. bassiana is
at controlling H. cunea larvae in the field conditions.
Key words: Hyphantria cunea, Beauveria bassiana,
Biological control, Entomopathogenic fungi
Yayın yeri: Albayrak, İskender, N.; Örtücü ,S.; Aksu, Y.; Pathogenicity of
Three Isolates of the Entomopathogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana to Control Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera:
Arctiidae) Larvae Manas Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt 2, Sayı 13 (2012)
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