Entomopathogenic fungi in soils from Alicante province [Spain]
Keywords:
SOIL, SOIL FUNGI, ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI, BEAUVERIA BASSIANA, SAMPLING, PESTS OF PLANTS, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, SPAIN,
Abstract
We have used Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae as a bait for detecting insect pathogens in soils from Alicante(SE Spain). Soil from 61 sites was collected including agricultural fields, forests and a mediterranean shrub(Nerium oleander L.) growing under natural or garden environments. The most frequently insect pathogens found werefungi (32.8% soils), being Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill (21% soils) the species most abundant. Metarhiziumanisopliae (Metschn.) Sorok (6.4%) and Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Gams [= Verticillium lecanii Zimm.] (4.8%)were less frequent. B. bassiana also scored the highest infection percentage in a single soil sample (ca. 90% of insectsinfected), and was also the most frequent (77.8%) entomopathogenic fungus detected in soils under N. oleander.Downloads
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2003-09-01
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Asensio, L., Carbonell, T., Lopez-Jimenez, J., & López-Llorca, L. (2003). Entomopathogenic fungi in soils from Alicante province [Spain]. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 1(3), 37-45. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2003013-33
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