Potential of fungi as biocontrol agents of polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1996 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Entomophaga, volume 41, pages 27-36 (issn: 0013-8959, eissn: 1573-8248,

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Authors: J. E. Pena; L. S. Osborne; R. E. Duncan;

doi: 10.1007/bf02893289

Potential of fungi as biocontrol agents of polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

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Infection of broad mites, Polyphagotarsonemus latus, by conidia of Beauveria bassiana, Hirsutella thompsonii, and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus conidia was investigated in the laboratory under controlled temperature and moisture conditions. Infection of P. latus by the fungus (LC50) was related positively to the 1.16 × 106 B. bassiana conidia per ml, 2.39 × 103 H. thompsonii conidia per ml, and 1.29 × 105 P. fumosoroseus conidia per ml. Mortality caused by B. bassiana occurred the fastest among densities fluctuating between 65 and 125 mites per leaf.

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