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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 521-530.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2022.03.006

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Isolation and Identification of Three Beauveria bassiana Isolates and Their Virulence against Mythimna separata under Laboratory Condition

CHENG Yin, ZHENG Jiyang, WANG Dun   

  1. Institute of Entomology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2021-01-07 Online:2022-04-08 Published:2022-04-20

Abstract: Three entomopathogenic fungi strains were isolated from soil samples collected from Hebei Province using Tenebrio molitor larvae as bait and were identified through morphological characteristics and rDNA sequence analysis. Results showed that the three strains were Beauveria bassiana, named Z-G2-5, M-G4 and M-G3, respectively. Bioassay showed that all the three B. bassiana strains could infect the larvae of Mythimna separata effectively, but showed varying virulence to the 3rd instar larvae of M. separata. At 5×108 spores/mL, the strain Z-G2-5 caused a peak cumulative corrected mortality of 96.77% at the 6th day post infection, with a LT50 of 3.02 d, a LC50 of 4.95×106 spores/mL. At the same concentration, the cumulative mortality with M-G3 and M-G4 strains were only 66.67% and 71.11%, respectively, the LT50 values were 4.89 d and 3.97 d, respectively, and the LC50 values were 1.18×108 spores/mL and 1.13×107 spores/mL, respectively. The results indicated that, compared with the other two strains, the strain Z-G2-5 had stronger pathogenicity and faster lethal rate to armyworm larvae, and it can be used as a candidate strain with potential application for biological control of M. separata.

Key words: Beauveria bassiana, Mythimna separata, pathogenicity, biological control, identification

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