Potential of an indigenous strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana as a biological control agent against the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Óscar Dembilio ◽  
Enrique Quesada-Moraga ◽  
Cándido Santiago-Álvarez ◽  
Josep A. Jacas
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Beauveria Bassiana ◽  
Entomopathogenic Fungus ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
Fungus Beauveria Bassiana

scholarly journals Evaluation of the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes), a potential biological control agent of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sthenia Santos Albano Amóra ◽  
Claudia Maria Leal Bevilaqua ◽  
Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijó ◽  
Mariana Araújo Silva ◽  
Romeika Hermínia Macedo Assunção Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Beauveria Bassiana ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Lutzomyia Longipalpis ◽  
Fungus Beauveria Bassiana

scholarly journals Immune Response of Mormon Crickets That Survived Infection byBeauveria bassiana

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Srygley ◽  
Stefan T. Jaronski
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Beauveria Bassiana ◽  
Sunflower Oil ◽  
Entomopathogenic Fungus ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Mormon Cricket ◽  
Anabrus Simplex ◽  
Dose Dependent

Beauveria bassiana(Fungi: Ascomycota) is an entomopathogenic fungus that serves as a biological control agent of Mormon cricketsAnabrus simplexHaldeman (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) and other grasshopper pests. To measure the dose-dependent response of Mormon crickets to fungal attack, we appliedB. bassianastrain GHA topically to adults using doses of 5.13 ×  to 1.75 ×  conidia in sunflower oil, with oil only as a control. After three weeks, we assessed the survivors' hemolymph for fungal cells, active phenoloxidase (PO), and lysozyme. Mortality increased and body mass of survivors decreased with conidial dose. survivors' PO activity was elevated to the same level independent of dose. Those with fungal cells visible in their hemolymph did not differ in PO activity from those with clear hemolymph. We conclude that circulating PO may be an important enzymatic defense againstBeauveriainfection and that it is associated with attempted clearing ofBeauveriablastospores and hyphae from Mormon cricket hemolymph.

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