Selection of entomopathogenic fungi to control Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae);Selección de hongos entomopatógenos para el control de Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-540

  Rodríguez, Marta ^a   Gerding, Marcos ^a   France, Andrés ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungi; Entomopathology; Varroa destructor; Varroasis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; BULNESIA SARMIENTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 75149168952     PISSN: 07185820     EISSN: 07185839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392009000400008     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Alves, S.B. 1998. Fungos entomopatogênicos. p. 289-381. In Alves, S.B. (ed.) Controle microbiano de insetos. 2a ed. Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz (FEALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil.
2. Anderson, D.L., and J.W.H. Trueman. 2000. Varroa jacobsoni (Acaro: Varroidae) is more than one species. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 24:165-189.
3. Calderone, N. 1999. Evaluation of formic acid and a thymol-based blend of natural products for the fall control of Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) in colonies of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 92:253-260.
4. Coates, B., R. Hellmich, and L. Lewis. 2002. Allelic variation of a Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) minisatellite is independent of host range and geographic origin. Genome 45:125-132.
5. Chandler, D., G. Dadidson, J. Pell, B. Vall, K. Shaw, and K. Sunderland. 2000. Fungal biocontrol of acari. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 10:357-384.
6. Chandler, D., K.D. Sunderland, B.V. Ball, and G. Davison. 2001. Prospective biological control agents of Varroa destructor n. sp., an important pest of the European honeybee, Apis mellifera. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 11:429-448.
7. Davidson, G., K. Phelps, K. Sunderland, J. Pell, B. Ball, K.E. Shaw, and D. Chandler. 2003. Study of temperature- growth interactions of entomopathogenic fungi with potential for control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata) using a nonlinear model of poikilotherm development. J. Appl. Microbiol. 94:816-825.
8. Goettel, M.S., and D.G. Inglis. 1997. Fungi: Hyphomycetes. p. 213-249. In Lacey, L.A. (ed.) Manual of techniques in insect pathology. Academic Press, London, UK.
9. Gottwald, T.R., and W.L. Tedders. 1984. Colonization, transmission and longevity of Beauveria bassiana and Metharhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hypomycetes) on pecan weevil larvae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the soil. Environ. Entomol. 13:557-560.
10. Hallsworth, J.E., and N. Magan. 1999. Water and temperature relations of growth of the entomogenous fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces farinosus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 74:261-266.
11. Inglis, D., M. Goettel, T. Butt, and H. Strasser. 2006. Use of Hyphomycetous fungi for managing insect pests. p. 23-70. In Butt, T.M., et al. (eds.) Fungi as biocontrol agents. Progress, problems and potential. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
12. James, R. 2009. Microbial control for invasive arthropod pests of honey bees. p. 271-288. In Hajek, A., T. Glare, and M. O'Callaghan (eds.) Use of microbes for control and eradication of invasive arthropods. Springer Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
13. Kanga, H.B.L., W.A. Jones, and R.R. James. 2003. Field trials using the fungal pathogen, Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes: Hyphomycetes) to control the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. J. Econ. Entomol. 96:1091-1099.
14. Le Conte, Y., G. Arnold, and P.H. Desenfant. 1990. Influence of brood temperature and hygrometry variations on the development of honey bee ectoparasite Varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Environ. Entomol. 19:1780-1785.
15. Lecuona, R.E., B. Papierok, y G. Riba. 1996. Hongos entomopatógenos. p. 35-60. In Lecuona, R.E. (ed.) Microorganismos patógenos empleados en el control microbiano de insectos plaga. Editorial Mariano Mas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
16. Meikle, W.G., G. Mercadier, V. Girod, F. Derouané, and W.A. Jones. 2006. Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) strains isolated from Varroa mites in Southern France. J. Apicul. Res. 45:219-220.
17. Meikle, W.G., G. Mercadier, N. Holst, and V. Girod. 2008. Impact of two treatment of a formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes), conidia on Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) and on honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony health. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 46:105-107.
18. Meikle, W.G., G. Mercadier, N. Holst, C. Nansen, and V. Girod. 2007. Duration and spread of an entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes), used to treat Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) hives. J. Econ. Entomol. 100:1-10.
19. Melathopoulos, A., M. Winston, R. Whittington, T. Smith, C. Lindberg, A. Mukai, and M. Moore. 2000. Comparative laboratory toxicity of neem pesticides to honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), their mite parasites Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) and Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae), and brood pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Ascophaera apis. J. Econ. Entomol. 93:199-209.
20. Milner, R.J., P.A. Samson, and G.K. Bullard. 2002. FI- 1045: A profile of commercially useful isolate of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 12:43-58.
21. Ouedraogo, A., J. Fargues, M.S. Goettel, and C.J. Lomer. 1997. Effect of temperature on vegetative growth among isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and M. flavoviride. Mycopathologia 137:37-43.
22. Shaw, K.E., G. Davidson, S.J. Clark, B.V. Ball, J.K. Pell, D. Chandler, and K.D. Sunderland. 2002. Laboratory bioassays to assess the pathogenicity of mitosporitic fungi to Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata), an ectoparasitic mite of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Biol. Control 24:266-276.
23. Sun, J., J.R. Fuxa, and G. Henderson. 2003. Effects of virulence, sporulation, and temperature on Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana laboratory transmission in Coptotermes formosanus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 84:38-46.
24. Tanada, Y., and H. Kaya. 1993. Fungal infections. p. 318-366. In Tanada, Y., and H. Kaya (eds.) Insect pathology. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
25. Tefera, T., and K. Pringle. 2003. Germination, radial growth, and sporulation of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates and their virulence to Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyrilidae) at different temperatures. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 13:699-704.