Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance
Entomopathogenic fungal species from the genera Beauveria, Metarhizium and Lecanicillium are important components in biological control of insect pests. However, temperature, humidity and UV radiation are among the important abiotic factors, which limit their effective usage. In this study, four loc...
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| author | K. N. P. Chandra Teja S. J. Rahman |
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| description | Entomopathogenic fungal species from the genera Beauveria, Metarhizium and Lecanicillium are important components in biological control of insect pests. However, temperature, humidity and UV radiation are among the important abiotic factors, which limit their effective usage. In this study, four local isolates of Metarhizium were isolated from different crop rhiospheres of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states of India, identified and tested for their temperature tolerance in terms of radial growth, conidial yield per 10 mm disc and rate of conidial germination at different incubation temperatures. The results revealed that strains LaMa1 and MaAICRP performed well in terms of radial growth, conidial yield and rate of conidial germination, even at 35°C temperature. The role of such temperature tolerant strains in agriculture is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8beaa5ed74449188bbcf65e985df96c2022-12-22T00:52:06ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMycology2150-12032150-12112016-10-017417117910.1080/21501203.2016.12471161247116Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature toleranceK. N. P. Chandra Teja0S. J. Rahman1Agri Biotech FoundationPJTSAUEntomopathogenic fungal species from the genera Beauveria, Metarhizium and Lecanicillium are important components in biological control of insect pests. However, temperature, humidity and UV radiation are among the important abiotic factors, which limit their effective usage. In this study, four local isolates of Metarhizium were isolated from different crop rhiospheres of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states of India, identified and tested for their temperature tolerance in terms of radial growth, conidial yield per 10 mm disc and rate of conidial germination at different incubation temperatures. The results revealed that strains LaMa1 and MaAICRP performed well in terms of radial growth, conidial yield and rate of conidial germination, even at 35°C temperature. The role of such temperature tolerant strains in agriculture is discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2016.1247116Entomopathogenic fungiMetarhizium anisopliaetemperature toleranceradial growthconidial yieldconidial germination rateITS region |
| spellingShingle | K. N. P. Chandra Teja S. J. Rahman Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance Mycology Entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae temperature tolerance radial growth conidial yield conidial germination rate ITS region |
| title | Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| title_full | Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| title_short | Characterisation and evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| title_sort | characterisation and evaluation of metarhizium anisopliae metsch sorokin strains for their temperature tolerance |
| topic | Entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae temperature tolerance radial growth conidial yield conidial germination rate ITS region |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2016.1247116 |
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