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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 828-837.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2026.01.038

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Compatibility of Aspergillus tamarii XJ-2 with Six Insecticides and Their Combined Field Control Efficiency against Ostrinia furnacalis

DONG Yuqi1, WANG Xiaowu1, MA Xueru2, CHENG Miao2, HU Zeyuan2, ZHANG Feiran1, FU Kaiyun1, TURSUN Ahmat1, JIA Zunzun1, DING Xinhua1, GUO Wenchao1   

  1. 1. Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Arid-Oasis, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biological Safety, Urumqi 830091, China;
    2. College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2025-09-11 Published:2026-08-26

Abstract: Insecticidal activities of tetraniliprole, abamectin, spinetoram, lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorantraniliprole, and cyantraniliprole against Ostrinia furnacalis were evaluated by laboratory assay. The results showed that 5% abamectin had the highest toxicity to the 3 rd instar larvae of O. furnacalis, with an LC50 of 0.325 mg/L, followed by 6% spinetoram and 20% tetraniliprole, with LC50 values of 1.129 mg/L and 4.547 mg/L, respectively, while 20% lambda-cyhalothrin had the lowest toxicity, with an LC50 of 47.342 mg/L. The compatibility of the above insecticides with Aspergillus tamari XJ-2 was determined, with tetraniliprole showing the best compatibility with A. tamari XJ-2. At 0.3 mg/L, the inhibition rates on the growth rate, sporulation, and spore germination of A. tamari XJ-2 were 16.47%, 31.54%, and 3.27%, respectively, followed by lambda-cyhalothrin, with inhibition rates of 28.37%, 39.96%, and 17.36%, respectively. Abamectin and chlorantraniliprole showed the poorest compatibility, with inhibition rates on growth rate, sporulation, and spore germination of 43.26%, 52.25%, and 63.86%, and 40.76%, 49.52%, and 65.32%, respectively. Laboratory mixture toxicity tests showed that tetraniliprole combined with A. tamari XJ-2 at different volume ratios(10:0, 9:1, 4:1, 1:1, 1:4, 1:9, and 0:10) all exhibited significant synergistic effects(toxicity ratio > 1). Among them, the 4:1 ratio achieved the optimal comprehensive effect, with a co-toxicity coefficient as high as 339 and a toxicity ratio of 1.07. In the single-agent controls, the mortality rate of tetraniliprole(79.74%) was significantly higher than that of the XJ-2 single agent(50.68%). Field trials showed that the combination of tetraniliprole and A. tamari XJ-2 reached the highest efficiency at 21 days post-treatment, with a corrected control efficiency of 87.20%, which was significantly higher than those of tetraniliprole alone(79.74%) and A. tamari XJ-2 spore suspension alone(50.68%), and also superior to Metarhizium anisopliae CQMa421 suspension(51.80%) and Beauveria bassiana ZJU435 suspension(65.22%). Furthermore, the combination of 20% tetraniliprole and A. tamari XJ-2 significantly prolonged the duration of field efficacy. Compared to tetraniliprole alone and A. tamari XJ-2 spore suspension alone, its efficiency at 49 days post-treatment was 10.24% and 23.82% higher, respectively, indicating that this combination can serve as an efficient strategy for the green control of O. furnacalis.

Key words: Aspergillus tamarii, compatibility, co-toxicity coefficient, field control efficacy

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