Full TGIF Record # 237849
Item 1 of 1
DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2008.07.010
Web URL(s):http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261219408001142
    Last checked: 03/21/2014
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
Publication Type:
i
Refereed
Author(s):Sun, Bing-Da; Yu, Han-ying; Chen, Amanda J.; Liu, Xing-Zhong
Author Affiliation:Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District; Chen: Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing; Yu: Department of Petroleum Engineering, Daqing Petroleum Institute, Daqing, China
Title:Insect-associated fungi in soils of field crops and orchards
Section:Research articles
Other records with the "Research articles" Section
Source:Crop Protection. Vol. 27, No. 11, November 2008, p. 1421-1426.
Publishing Information:Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Beauveria bassiana; Disease surveys; Diversity; Metarhizium anisopliae; Pathogenic fungi; Seasonal variation; Soil sampling
Abstract/Contents:"Insect-pathogenic fungi are important natural enemies of insect pests but their dynamics in the soils of different agroecosystems are incompletely understood. In the present study, the seasonal occurrence and species diversity of insect-associated fungi in soil were investigated by baiting soil samples with larvae of Galleria mellonella. The survey included insect-pathogenic fungi, opportunistic insect pathogens, and secondary colonizers of insect cadavers. Soil samples from two habitat types (field crops and orchards) were collected from 2004 to 2005 at 2-month intervals except during wintertime. A total of 29 species were isolated and identified, with 25 species in field crop soils and 20 species in orchard soils. Although the common insect-pathogenic species, such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), were detected in both field crop and orchard soils, their frequency in the two agroecosystems differed significantly: B. bassiana and P. fumosoroseus were more frequently detected in orchard soils, while M. anisopliae var. anisopliae was more frequently detected in field crop soils. The diversity of insect-pathogenic fungi was greater in field crop soil than in orchard soil. The number of Galleria larvae that died from fungal infection was larger in orchard soil than in field crop soil. B. bassiana was the most abundant species in orchard soil, and the number of larvae killed by B. bassiana was larger in June and December than in April and August. However, Mucor spp. (opportunistic pathogens) were the most abundant species in field crop soils, and the number of larvae killed by them was larger in August than at any other time of the year."
Language:English
References:36
Note:Tables
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sun, B.-D., H.-y. Yu, A. J. Chen, and X.-Z. Liu. 2008. Insect-associated fungi in soils of field crops and orchards. Crop Prot. 27(11):p. 1421-1426.
Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=237849
If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 237849.
Choices for finding the above item:
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.07.010
Web URL(s):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261219408001142
    Last checked: 03/21/2014
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
Find Item @ MSU
MSU catalog number: b2337143
Find from within TIC:
   Digitally in TIC by record number.
Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record)