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Rhynchophorus palmarum  is a significant pest of  Cocos nucifera  on the American continent. Therefore, this work aimed to search and characterise entomopathogenic fungi isolates to control  R. palmarum  under laboratory conditions. Sixty-three isolates of  Metarhizium  spp. were obtained from soil samples from different coconut plantations in four regions in Tabasco, México. The sites were edaphically characterised, and the presence of  Metarhizium  was almost null in the sites with 90% sand. The ITS region of the DNA of eleven isolates was analysed, and  M. robertsii  and  M. anisopliae  s.l. were identified. The mycelial growth (MG) of 38 isolates was evaluated, which were incubated at 25°C, 30°C, and ·35°C on Potato Dextrose Agar with Yeast for 14 d. The optimal growth for some strains was at 25°C and 30°C; for others, at 35°C. The MG colonies were small (&lt; 1 cm) and irregular. The pathogenicity of the strains was evaluated in  Tenebrio molitor  larvae for 14 d with a conidia suspension 10 8  (conidia/mL). All the strains were pathogenic to  T. molitor . However, only two strains (PAL 231.1, PAL 733.1) identified as  M. robertsii  reached cumulative mortality of over 60%. Then, these two strains were tested in adults of  R. palmarum  for 21 d with three conidia concentrations (10 7 , 10 8 , 10 9  conidia/mL). The suspension 10 9  conidia/mL of PAL 733.1 was the most pathogenic, with cumulative mortality of 60% and LT 50  at 17 d. Therefore, the strain PAL 733.1 is proposed as a potential biological control agent against  R. palmarum.

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Occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in coconut soils, identification, physiological characterisation and pathogenicity towards  Rhynchophorus palmarum  (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)