Development of a population-based threshold model of conidial germination for analysing the effects of physiological manipulation on the stress tolerance and infectivity of insect pathogenic fungi

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1625-1634

  Andersen, M ^a   Magan, N ^b   Mead, A ^a   Chandler, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SUGAR ALCOHOL; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEUTEROMYCETES; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; HUMIDITY; INSECTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; TIME FACTORS; TREHALOSE; VIRULENCE;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CUCUMIS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; LECANICILLIUM LONGISPORUM; LECANICILLIUM MUSCARIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS;

EID: 33746680541     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01055.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Allen, J.C. (1976) A modified sine wave method for calculating degree-days. Environ Entomol 5: 388-396.
2. Bidochka, M.J., Low, N.H., and Khachatourians, G.G. (1990) Carbohydrate storage in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Appl Environ Microbiol 56: 3186-3190.
3. Bradford, K.J. (1990) A water relations analysis of seed germination rates. Plant Phys 94: 840-849.
4. Brown, A.D. (1978) Compatible solutes and extreme water stress in eukaryotic microorganisms. Adv Microbial Phys 17: 181-242.
5. Butt, T.M. (1987) A fluorescence microscopy method for the rapid localization of fungal spores and penetration sites on insect cuticle. J Invert Pathol 50: 72-74.
6. Butt, T.M., Hoch, H.C., Staples, R.C., and St. Leger, R.J. (1989) Use of fluorochromes in the study of fungal cytology and differentiation. Exp Mycol 13: 303-320.
7. Butt, T.M., Barrisever, M., Drummond, J., Schuler, T.H., Tillemans, F.T., and Wilding, N. (1992) Pathogenicity of the entomogenous, hyphomycete fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae against the chrysomelid beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala and Phaedon cochleariae. Biocont Sci Technol 2: 327-334.
8. Carpenter, J.F., and Crowe, J.H. (1988) Modes of stabilization of a protein by organic solutes during dessication. Cryology 25: 459-470.
9. Chandler, D. (1994) Cryopreservation of fungal spores using porous beads. Mycol Res 98: 525-526.
10. Chandler, D., Heale, J.B., and Gillespie, A.T. (1993) Germination of the entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii on scales of the glasshouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Biocont Sci Technol 3: 161-164.
11. Chandler, D., Heale, J.B., and Gillespie, A.T. (1994) Effect of osmotic potential on the germination of conidia and colony growth of Verticillium lecanii. Mycol Res 98: 384-388.
12. Charnley, A.K. (1989) Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis in insects. In Biotechnology of Fungi for Improving Plant Growth. Whipps, J.M., and Lumsden, R.D. (eds). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 85-126.
13. Davis, D.J., Burlak, C., and Money, N.P. (2000) Osmotic pressure of fungal compatible osmolytes. Mycol Res 104: 800-804.
14. Finch-Savage, W.E. (2004) The use of population-based threshold models to describe and predict the effects of seedbed environment on germination and seedling emergence of crops. In Handbook of Seed Physiology; Applications to Agriculture. Benech-Arnold, R.L., and Sanchez, R.A. (eds). Binghampton, NY, USA: Haworth Press, pp. 51-95.
15. Genstat (2000) Genstat for Windows. Release 4.2, 5th edn. Oxford, UK: VSN International.
16. Gillespie, A.T., and Crawford, E. (1986) Effect of water activity on conidial germination and mycelial growth of B. bassiana, M. anisopliae, Paecilomyces spp and Verticillium lecanii. In Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Invertebrate Pathology. Samson, R.A., Vlak, J.M. and Peters, D. (eds). Wageningen, the Netherlands: Foundation of the 4th International Colloquium of Invertebrate Pathology, p. 254.
17. Goettel, M.S., and Inglis, G.D. (1997) Fungi: hyphomycetes. In Manual of Techniques in Insect Pathology. Lacey, L. (ed.). San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press, pp. 213-249.
18. Gummerson, R.J. (1986) The effect of constant temperatures and osmotic potential on the germination of sugar beet. J Exp Bot 37: 729-741.
19. Hallsworth, J.E., and Magan, N. (1994) Effect of carbohydrate type and concentration on polyhydroxy alcohol and trehalose content of conidia of three entomopathogenic fungi. Microbiology 140: 2705-2713.
20. Hallsworth, J.E., and Magan, N. (1995) Manipulation of intracellular glycerol and erythritol enhances germination of conidia at low water availability. Microbiology 141: 1109-1115.
21. Hassan, A.E.M., Dillon, R.J., and Charnley, A.K. (1989) Influence of accelerated germination of conidia on the pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae for Manduca sexta. J Invert Pathol 54: 277-279.
22. Jennings, D.H. (1995) The Physiology of Fungal Nutrition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
23. Lane, P.W., and Payne, R.W. (2000) Regression analysis. In The Guide to GenStat. Part 2: Statistics. Payne, R.W. (ed.). Oxford, UK: VSN International, pp. 79-234.
24. Magan, N. (1997) Fungi in extreme environments. In The Mycota IV, Environmental and Microbial Relationships. Wicklow, D.T. and Soderstrom, B. (eds). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 99-114.
25. Magan, N. (2001) Physiological approaches to improving the ecological fitness of fungal biocontrol agents. In Fungi as Biocontrol Agents. Butt, T.M., Jackson, C., and Magan, N. (eds). Wallingford, Oxford, UK: CAB International, pp. 239-251.
26. Milner, R.J., and Lutton, G.G. (1986) Dependence of Verticillium lecanii (Fungi: Hyphomycetes) on high humidities for infection and sporulation using Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) as host. Environ Entomol 15: 380-382.
27. Tanada, Y., and Kaya, H.K. (1993) Insect Pathology. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press.