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Efficacies of Entomopathogenic Fungi from Metarhizium, Beauveria and Isaria on German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattaria: Blattellidae)

Cilt: 25 Sayı: 1 28 Şubat 2022
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Efficacies of Entomopathogenic Fungi from Metarhizium, Beauveria and Isaria on German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattaria: Blattellidae)

Abstract

Blattella germanica is an important pest and able to transmit various pathogens and parasites of human, cause allergic reactions and food contamination. Due to risks and problems related to currently employed chemicals for their control, use of entomopathogenic fungi as alternative control approach has been under investigation. In this study, seven entomopathogenic fungi isolated from soil samples and five fungal isolates obtained from entomopathogenic fungal cultures have been tested against B. germanica. The fungi belong to the species Beauveria bassiana (3 isolates), Metarhizium anisopliae (4 isolates), Isaria tenuipes (1 isolate), I. fumosorosea (3 isolates), and I. farinosa (1 isolate). Conidial suspensions of all twelve isolates were applied at 1x107 conidia ml-1 concentration to ten insects in each replication. Tests were carried out at 26±2oC, 65±5% relative humidity in darkness with three replications. Eight isolates were found effective on B. germanica with mortalities varying between 60.0% and 96.7% in 14 days. The results indicated that Metarhizium isolates had the highest efficacies (83.3-95.8%) followed by Beauveria isolates (70.8-79.2%) and the isolates of Isaria had the lowest efficacies (50.0-70.8%). These isolates were as effective as the previously reported isolates of the same species with higher efficacy values. The most effective two isolates of M. anisopliae (S8-2 and S11-6) appear to be worth investigating further for developing a microbial control agent against cockroaches.

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Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK

Proje Numarası

110O159

Teşekkür

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Humber for providing entomopathogenic fungal cultures from USDA ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Ziraat, Veterinerlik ve Gıda Bilimleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Şubat 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Şubat 2021

Kabul Tarihi

29 Mart 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Er, M. K., Tunaz, H., & Işıkber, A. (2022). Efficacies of Entomopathogenic Fungi from Metarhizium, Beauveria and Isaria on German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattaria: Blattellidae). Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım ve Doğa Dergisi, 25(1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.881220

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