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Effect of gamma irradiation and/or certain entomopathogenic fungi on the larval Mortality of Galleria mellonella L
Effect of gamma irradiation and/or certain entomopathogenic fungi on the larval Mortality of Galleria mellonella L
- Source :
- Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- SpringerOpen, 2018.
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Abstract
- The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of LC50 of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), Paecilomyces lilacinus and Beauveria bassiana, on larval mortality of the greater wax moth (GWM), Galleria mellonella L., under laboratory conditions and also to study the effect of different doses of gamma irradiation (70, 100, 125, and 150 Gy), separately or combined with the LC50 of the isolates of the EPF, B. bassiana, and P. lilacinus, on the second-instar larvae of G. mellonella larval mortality. The combined treatment of gamma irradiation and EPF increased the larval mortality rates than that at each treatment alone. The highest percentage of larval mortality was 78 and 84%, with 125 Gy + B. bassiana in the case of F1 male and F1 female, respectively. According to the obtained results, the gamma irradiation increased the pathogenicity of the fungi against the tested larvae. The combination between the two control tools may provide satisfactory control of the insect-pest, especially, in the storage.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Entomopathogenic fungi
Veterinary medicine
animal structures
Beauveria bassiana
Plant Science
Bassiana
Gamma irradiation
01 natural sciences
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
lcsh:Agriculture
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Combined treatment
Control
Larva
Ecology
biology
fungi
lcsh:S
biology.organism_classification
Galleria mellonella
010602 entomology
Paecilomyces lilacinus
Insect Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25369342
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e5f5a8613fee63aff07207bcdb6e44eb
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-018-0099-z