Evaluation of the use of the entomogenous fungus, Beauveria tenella, isolated from the yellowspotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris for the biological control of the whitespotted longicorn beetle Anoplophora malasiaca.
Year: 1988
Type: article
Abstract: The use of the entomogenous fungus, Beauveria tenella, isolated from the yellowspotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris, was evaluated both in the laboratory and in the field for the control of the whitespotted longicorn beetle, A noplophora malasiaca, in citrus orchards. The adult beetle was susceptible to the infection with the spraying of a spore suspension of B. tenella and then killed within 10 days at a spore dose of 10 7/ml, under laboratory conditions. In the field cage test, the application of wheat bran containing B. tenella conidia (10 7-10 8/g of dried wheat bran, 20g/tree) on the soil surface around the trunk of a 5 year old satsuma mandarin tree resulted in 95-100% mortality within 10 days for the adult beetles. A high mortality rate was also obtained by the banding of a polyurethane form containing culture substrates on which B. tenella had been cultured for about 3 weeks, around the lower part of the trunk of the citrus tree. These results suggest that it may be possible to use B. tenella as a biological control agent for the whitespotted longicorn beetle.
Source: Kyushu Plant Protection Research
Authors: Tomotoshi KASHIO, Takeshi UJIYE
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2508049962