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    Transmission potential of the entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana from sporulated cadavers of Diaphorina citri and Toxoptera citricida to uninfected D. citri adults


    Conceschi, Marco Roberto and D'Alessandro, Celeste Paola and de Andrade Moral, Rafael and Garcia Borges Demétrio, Clarice and Delalibera, Italo (2016) Transmission potential of the entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana from sporulated cadavers of Diaphorina citri and Toxoptera citricida to uninfected D. citri adults. BioiControl, 61 (5). pp. 567-577. ISSN 1386-6141

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    Abstract

    Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is the vector of the causal agent of Huanglongbing disease, and Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is the vector of the citrus tristeza virus. D. citri and T. citricida share the same habitat and both are susceptible to Beauveria bassiana and Isaria fumosorosea. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the horizontal transmission of B. bassiana ESALQ-PL63 and I. fumosorosea ESALQ-1296 between D. citri cadavers and uninfected D. citri adults, as well as between T. citricida cadavers and uninfected D. citri adults under laboratory and semi-field conditions. In the laboratory, the presence of one to ten D. citri cadavers infected with B. bassiana and I. fumosorosea in citrus plants resulted in mortality rates of D. citri adults ranging from 51.2 to 81.9 % and 36.2 to 68 %, respectively. When T. citricida cadavers were used, the mortality rates of uninfected D. citri adults ranged from 35.4 to 87.7 % with B. bassiana and from 41.7 to 80.4 % with I. fumosorosea. The horizontal transmission was also confirmed under semi-field conditions. The results indicate that the control of D. citri using I. fumosorosea and B. bassiana can be promoted through conidial cycling in T. citricida, by generating new infection cycles, which may contribute to the overall performance of microbial control in citrus.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite this article as: Conceschi, M.R., D’Alessandro, C.P., Moral, R. et al. BioControl (2016) 61: 567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9733-4
    Keywords: Biological control; Citrus pests; Entomopathogen; Horizontal transmission; Diaphorina citri; Toxoptera citricida;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
    Item ID: 9992
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9733-4
    Depositing User: Rafael de Andrade Moral
    Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2018 13:44
    Journal or Publication Title: BioiControl
    Publisher: Springer
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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