Evaluation of an entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown and Smith (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) obtained from Formosan subterranean termites (Isop., Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Meikle, W G ^a   Mercadier, G ^a   Rosengaus, R B ^b   Kirk, A A ^a   Derouane F ^a   Quimby, P C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coptotermes formosanus; Fungal entomopathogen; Metarhizium anisopliae; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; TERMITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HYPHOMYCETES; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 23044480272     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2005.00976.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. BOUCIAS, D.G.; STOKES, C.; STOREY, G.; PENDLAND, J. C., 1996: The effects of imidacloprid on the termite Reticulotermes flavipes and its interaction with the mycopathogen Beauveria bassiana. Pflanzenschutz-Nachr Bayer 49, 103-144.
2. CHERRY, A.; JENKINS, N.; HEVIEFO, G.; BATEMAN, R. P.; LOMER, C., 1999: A West African pilot scale production plant for aerial conidia of Metarhizium sp. for use as a mycoinsecticide against locusts and grasshoppers. Biocontr. Sci. Technol. 9, 35-51.
3. DELATE, K. M.; GRACE, J. K.; TOME, C. H. M., 1995: Potential use of pathogenic fungi in baits to control the Formosan subterranean termite (Isopt., Rhinotermitidae). J. Appl. Entomol. 119, 429-433.
4. Fox, G. A., 2001: Failure time analysis: studying times to events and rates at which events occur. In: Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments, 2nd edn. Ed. by SCHEINER, S. M.; GUREVITCH, J. UK: Oxford University Press, 235-266.
5. GOETTEL, M. S.; INGLIS, G. D., 1997: In: Fungi: Hyphomycetes. Manual of Techniques in Insect Pathology. Ed. by LACEY, L. San Diego: Academic Press, 213-249.
6. HÄNEL, H., 1982: The life cycle of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in the termite Nasutitermes exitiosus. Mycopathologia 80, 137-145.
7. HOKKANEN, H., 1985: Exploiter-victim relationships of major plant diseases: implications for biological weed control. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 14, 63-76.
8. JONES, W. E.; GRACE, J. K.; TAMASHIRO, M., 1996: Virulence of seven isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environ. Entomol. 25, 481-487.
9. LAX, A. R.; OSBRINK, W. L. A., 2003: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service research on targeted management of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Pest Manag. Sci. 59, 788-800.
10. LENZ, M.; BARRETT, R. A., 1984: Implications for comparability of laboratory experiments revealed in studies on the effect of population density on vigour in Coptotermes lacteus (Froggatt) and Nasutitermes exitosus (Hill) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). Bull. Entomol. Res. 74, 477-485.
11. LOMER, C. J.; PRIOR, C.; KOOYMAN, C., 1997: Development of Metarhizium spp. for the control of locusts and grasshoppers. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 171, 265-286.
12. MARASCUILO, L. A.; SERLIN, R. C., 1988: Statistical Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
13. MILNER, R. J.; STAPLES, J. A., 1996: Biological control of termites: results and experiences within a CSIRO project in Australia. Biocontr. Sci. Technol. 6, 3-9.
14. MILNER, R. J.; STAPLES, J. A.; LUTTON, G. G., 1998: The selection of an isolate of the Hyphomycete fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, for control of termites in Australia. Biol. Contr. 11, 240-247.
15. MITCHELL, C. E.; POWER, A. G., 2003: Release of invasive plants from fungal and viral pathogens. Nature 421, 625-627.
16. OSBRINK, W. L. A.; WILLIAMS, K. S.; CONNICK, W. J. Jr.; WRIGHT, M. S.; LAX, A. R., 2001: Virulence of bacteria associated with the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in New Orleans, LA. Environ. Entomol. 30, 443-448.
17. RALOFF, J., 2003: Munching along. Warning: aggressive alien termites could be headed your way. Sci. News 164, 344-346.
18. RATH, A. C., 2000: The use of entomopathogenic fungi for control of termites. Biocontr. Sci. Technol. 10, 563-581.
19. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; GULDIN, M. R.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A., 1998a: Inhibitory effect of termite fecal pellets on fungal spore germination. J. Chem. Ecol. 24, 1697-1706.
20. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; JORDAN, C.; LEFEBVRE, M. L.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A., 1999a: Pathogen alarm behavior in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis augusticollis: a new form of communication in social insects. Naturwissenschaften 86, 544-548.
21. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; LEFEBVRE, M. L.; CARLOCK, D. M.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A., 2000: The social transmission of disease between adult male and female reproductives of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 12, 419-433.
22. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; MAXMEN, A. B.; COATES, L. E.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A., 1998b: Disease resistance: a benefit of sociality in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis augusticollis (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 44, 125-134.
23. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A.; CHEN, T.; BROWN, J. J.; KARP, R. D., 1999b: Acquired immunity in a social insect. Naturwissenschaften 86, 588-591.
24. ROSENGAUS, R. B.; TRANIELLO, J. F. A.; LEFEBVRE, M. L.; MAXMEN, A. B., 2004: Fungistatic activity of the sternal gland secretion of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Insectes Sociaux 51, 1-6.
25. SHAH, P. A.; GOETTEL, M. S., 1999: Directory of Microbial Control Products and Services. Gainesville, FL: Society for Invertebrate Pathology.
26. SINGER, J. D.; WILLETT, J. B., 2003: Applied longitudinal data analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
27. SPONSLER, R. C.; APPEL, A. G., 1990: Aspects of water relations of the Formosan and eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environ. Entomol. 19, 15-20.
28. Su, N.-Y, HILLIS-STARR, Z.; BAN, P. M.; SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., 2003: Protecting historic properties from subterranean termites: a case study with Fort Christiansvaern, Christiansted National Historic Site, United States Virgin Islands. Am. Entomol 49, 20-32.
29. SUN, J.; FUXA, J. R.; HENDERSON, G., 2003: Effects of virulence, sporulation and temperature on Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana laboratory transmission in Coptotermes formosanus. J. Invert. Pathol. 84, 38-46.
30. TANADA, Y.; KAYA, H. K., 1993: Insect Pathology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
31. TORCHIN, M. E.; LAFFERTY, K. D.; DOBSON, A. P.; MCKENZIE, V. J.; KURIS, A. M., 2003: Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature 421, 628-630.
32. WELLS, J. D.; FUXA, J. R.; HENDERSON, G., 1995: Virulence of four fungal pathogens to Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 30, 208-215.
33. WRIGHT, M. S.; OSBRINK, W. L. A.; LAX, A. R., 2002: Transfer of entomopathogenic fungi among formosan subterranean termites and subsequent mortality. J. Appl. Entomol. 126, 20-23.
34. ZOBERI, M. H.; GRACE, J. K., 1990: Isolation of the pathogen Beauveria bassiana from Reticulotermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 16, 289-296.