Characterization and Evaluation of Metarhizium spp. (Metsch.) Sorokin Isolates for Their Temperature Tolerance

Citation:

Velavan V, Dhanapal R, Ramkumar G, Karthi S, Senthil-Nathan S, Ndomba OA, Kweka EJ. Characterization and Evaluation of Metarhizium spp. (Metsch.) Sorokin Isolates for Their Temperature Tolerance. J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Jan 10;8(1):68. doi: 10.3390/jof8010068. PMID: 35050008; PMCID: PMC8780002.

Authors:

Velavan V, Dhanapal R, Ramkumar G, Karthi S, Senthil-Nathan S, Ndomba OA, Kweka EJ.

Other Details:

8(1):68. doi: 10.3390/jof8010068. PMID: 35050008; PMCID: PMC8780002.

A field survey was done in teak (Tectona grandis F.) forests in South India to explore the entomopathogenic effect of Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes) against teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae). About 300 soils and infected insect samples were collected during the survey and thirty-six fungal isolates were isolated from soil and insect samples and characterized. This study paves the way to utilize the indigenous isolates of EPF for the control of teak defoliator and to combat the pests thatare resistant to insecticide.

Programme:

Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning

Abstract URL:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35050008/

Full Text URL:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35050008/

Year of publication:

01.2022

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