Title
Use of entomopathogenic fungi combined with biorational insecticides to control Dichroplus maculipennis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) under semi-field conditions
Date Issued
02 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pelizza S.A.
Scorsetti A.C.
Russo M.L.
Sy V.
Lange C.E.
Instituto de Genética Veterinaria Ingeniero Fernando Noel Dulout (IGEVET) CCT La Plata-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
Grasshoppers are among the invertebrate herbivores that cause most economic losses in grasslands throughout Argentina’s Pampas and parts of Patagonia. Chemical insecticides remain the sole option for grasshopper control in this area, despite being of significant environmental concern. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of combinations between three entomopathogenic fungi strains (Beauveria bassiana LPSc 1067 and LPSc1082), and Metarhizium anisopliae (LPSc 907), two biorational insecticides (luphenuron and methoxyfenozide), and a new synthetic chemical pesticide (rynaxypyr) in the control of the pest grasshopper Dichroplus maculipennis under field cage conditions. Fungal strains used were adjusted to 1 × 108, 1 × 106 and 1 × 104 conidia/ml. Insecticides were tested at three concentrations: the average concentration recommended for application in the field (100%), 50% of that level and finally 25%. Combinations of the insecticides with B. bassiana (LPSc 1067, LPSc 1082) and M. anisopliae (LPSc 907) caused higher mortality to D. maculipennis nymphs than any of the individual agents used alone. The three insecticides tested did not negatively affect the isolates of the two species of entomopathogenic fungi employed.
Start page
1241
End page
1253
Volume
25
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología Micología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938853792
Source
Biocontrol Science and Technology
ISSN of the container
09583157
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), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP, 11/N 651) and Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCYT; PICT 2012-199).
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