Isolation, Identification and Evaluation of the Effects of Native Entomopathogenic Fungi from Cote d'Ivoire on Galleria mellonella.

ABSTRACT: The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a polyphagous pest highly damaging to maize and other food crops in Africa, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire. Chemical pesticides not only have often proved to be unsuccessful, but cause adverse effects on the environment and human health; therefore, entomopathogenic fungi could represent an alternative biocontrol solution. Against this background, fungi were isolated from soil samples collected in maize fields in three regions of Côte d'Ivoire, by the methods of soil dilution and baiting with Galleria mellonella. The resulting 86 fungal isolates were phenotypically and genetically identified. The pathogenicity of seven isolates of Metarhizium spp., three isolates of Beauveria bassiana and two is

SUBMITTER: Fofana F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458300 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature