“Multilocus sequence analysis for population diversity of indigenous entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana and its bio-efficacy against the cassava mite, Tetranychus truncatus Ehara (Acari: Tetranychidae)”

ABSTRACT: Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that causes the white muscadine disease in insects. The majority of entomopathogenic fungi are soil and insect borne, 15 soil samples were collected from seven different locations during 2021, from January to December. Similarly, during 2022, March to December, 15 fungus-infected insect specimens were collected from five different locations hence soil and insect samples from various ecosystems were collected. As a result, 30 B. bassiana isolates from 11 different geographical areas were identified using morphological characteristics and multilocus sequence data in this investigation. The taxonomical positions of the isolates were determined using morphological characteristics and phylogenetic inferences based on three loci (Internal Transcri

SUBMITTER: Chaithra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9593087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature