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Selection of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. isolates for controlling Sitophilus zeamais (Mots.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

2012; University of Tarapacá; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0718-34292012000300013

ISSN

0718-3429

Autores

Vando Miossi Rondelli, José Romário de Carvalho, Dirceu Pratissoli, Ricardo Antônio Polanczyk, João Rafael De Conte Carvalho de Alencar, Fernando Domingo Zinger, Sara Maria Andrade Pereira,

Tópico(s)

Insect Resistance and Genetics

Resumo

Sitophilus zeamais (Mots.)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is considered a major pest of maize, responsible for reducing grain quality and making the corn inappropriate for industrial use and human consumption.S. zeamais has been controlled exclusively with chemical products.The objective of this research was to select isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.)Vuill.to control S. zeamais.Beetles were immersed in conidia suspensions of each isolate for five seconds and placed in a gerbox container with maize grains.In pathogenicity tests, the isolates that caused the highest mortality to the maize weevil were ESALQ-447 (68.0%),CCA-UFES/ Bb-36 (57.3%) and CCA-UFES/Bb-31 (51.3%).ESALQ-447 was the most virulent, with an LC 50 of 1.7 x 10 7 conidia/ml and shows promise for controlling maize weevils.These isolates of B. bassiana can be used as effective substitutes for conventional chemical control, normally carried out with phosphine.Further tests should be performed under field and semi-field conditions to develop an appropriate strategy for the use of this entomopathogen to manage S. zeamais.

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