Open AccessMODIFIED BAIT INSECT TECHNIQUE IN ENTOMOPATHOGENS’SURVEY FROMTHEARASBARAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE (IRAN)
Author(s) -
Eustachio Tarasco,
Naser Eyvasian Kary,
Elena Fanelli,
Davoud Mohammadi,
Xingyue Li,
Ali Mehrvar,
Francesca De Luca,
Alberto Troccoli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
redia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2035-6382
pISSN - 0370-4327
DOI - 10.19263/redia-103.20.20
Subject(s) - pyralidae , lepidoptera genitalia , biosphere , insect , biology , nature reserve , larva , soil water , national nature reserve , ecology
A survey onentomopathogenswas carried out in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve soils during June2018using Galleriamellonella L.(Lepidoptera,Pyralidae) larvae as bait insect with a modified bait insect technique.Threeentomopathogen’scategories were recorded in 34out of 36 soil samples(94.4%)collectedfrom different naturalhabitat; the entomopathogenswereidentifiedas nematodes(23.5%), fungi(61%)and bacteria(15.5%)using molecular and morphological techniques