Open AccessOccurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in arable soil
Author(s) -
R. Miętkiewski,
Zofia Miętkiewska
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.1993.010
Subject(s) - galleria mellonella , beauveria bassiana , paecilomyces , metarhizium anisopliae , biology , entomopathogenic fungi , arable land , horticulture , agronomy , botany , biological pest control , agriculture , ecology , biochemistry , gene , virulence
Samples of soil were taken from arable field and from balk. Larvae of Galleria mellonella and Ephestia kühniella were used as an "insect bait" for isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from soil. Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus were isolated from both kind of soil. but Beauveria bassiana was present only in soil taken from balk