| Title |
Screening of tropical isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae for virulence to the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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| Published in |
SpringerPlus, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40064-016-2780-6 |
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| Authors |
Sun, Xiaodong, Yan, Wei, Qin, Weiquan, Zhang, Jing, Niu, Xiaoqing, Ma, Guangchang, Li, Fuheng |
| Abstract |
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a serious pest of the palm tree in tropical regions of the world. One strain of Metarhizium sp. ZJ-1, isolated from Chinese soils, was evaluated for growth characteristics, and screened for its virulence to R. ferrugineus larvae in laboratory conditions. An approximately 685-bp fragment was amplified by ITS (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) PCR from strain ZJ-1, further phylogenetic analysis revealed that 93 % similarity to Metarhizium anisopliae. Inoculation of 1 × 10(8) conidia/mL caused 100 % mortality of R. ferrugineus, LT50 levels of ZJ-1 were 1.66 days (1 × 10(8) conidia/mL), indicating that the conidia of strain ZJ-1 were highly virulent. These results suggest that M. anisopliae ZJ-1 has potential as an effective and persistent biological control agent for R. ferrugineus. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 28 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 6 | 21% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 18% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 25% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 46% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 21% |
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