Factors affecting poor mycelial growth on cadavers of Monochamus alternatus infectedwith an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana
Factors affecting poor mycelial growth on cadavers of Monochamus alternatus infectedwith an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana
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影响白僵菌感染松墨天牛尸体菌丝生长不良的因素
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2006
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T. Jun
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Shimazu Mitsuaki;T. Jun
Factors of the host insect and of the pathogen contributing to poor mycelial growth of Beauveria bassiana on adult cadavers of Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) were investigated. To check quality of the formulation causing cadavers with poor mycelial growth, conidial densities and germination rates of the B. bassiana formulation were inspected, but analyses revealed that both were high enough to satisfy the standard. To check factors of the host insects, M. alternatus adults with various rearing histories were inoculated with this formulation. These experiments revealed that the fungus produced better mycelial growth on the adults that were grown on pine as compared to those on an artificial diet, and on young adults than on older adults. To check possible problems of the fungus isolate, the original isolate and 3 reisolates (from the formulation bearing poor mycelial growth on the inoculated adults, from a cadaver with poor mycelial growth, and from a cadaver fully covered with mycelia obtained by inoculation of the original isolate) were compared in their characters. No difference of mortality and mycelial growth on host cadavers was found when the beetles were injected with hyphal bodies of the original and 3 reisolates. However, when shaken in liquid medium, densities of hyphal bodies and mycelia of the reisolate from the formulation was only 1/10 of the original and the other 2 reisolates. No difference in genomic DNA among the original and 3 reisolates was found by RAPD analysis with 11 primers. The poor mycelial growth of B. bassiana on host cadavers was considered to be caused by combination of several factors, such as days after eclosion, larval diet, and proliferation potential of fungus in the hemocoel.