Title
Compatibility between entomopathogenic fungi and biorational insecticides in toxicity against Ronderosia bergi under laboratory conditions
Date Issued
01 February 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pelizza S.A.
Scorsetti A.C.
Fogel M.N.
Stenglein S.A.
Cabello M.N.
Lange C.E.
Instituto de Genética Veterinaria Ingeniero Fernando Noel Dulout (IGEVET)
Publisher(s)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract
Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of combinations between two biorational insecticides (luphenuron, methoxyfenozide), a new synthetic chemical pesticide (rynaxypyr), and three entomopathogenic fungi strains (Beauveria bassiana LPSc 1067, LPSc1082), and Metarhiziumanisopliae (LPSc 907) in the biocontrol of the pest grasshopper Ronderosia bergi (Stål) under laboratory conditions. The insecticides were tested at three concentrations: the average concentration recommended for application in the field (100 %) and 50 % and finally 25 % of that level. The fungal strains used were adjusted to 1 × 108, 1 × 106, and 1 × 104 conidia ml-1. The combinations of those insecticides with B. bassiana (LPSc 1067, LPSc 1082) and M. anisopliae (LPSc 907) caused higher mortality to R. bergi nymphs than any of the individual agents used alone. The three insecticides tested did not affect the isolates of the two species of entomopathogenic fungi employed. In conclusion, the use of these biorational insecticides in an IPM program aimed at control of the grasshopper R. bergi could be of value.
Start page
81
End page
91
Volume
60
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84933497056
Source
BioControl
ISSN of the container
13866141
Sponsor(s)
This study was partially supported by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (PIP 0009), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires (CICPBA), and Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP, 11/N 651). Marta Cabello and Carlos E. Lange are researchers from CICPBA. We thank statistician Dra. Celina Beltran, research professor of Universidad Nacional de Rosario, for performing the statistical tests of this investigation and the authors are grateful to Dr. Donald F. Haggerty, a retired career investigator and native English speaker, for editing the final version of the manuscript. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript.
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