Potential of an indigenous strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana as a biological control agent against the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-221

  Dembilio, Óscar ^a   Quesada Moraga, Enrique ^b   Santiago Álvarez, Cándido ^b   Jacas, Josep A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Curculionidae; Efficacy; Entomopathogenic fungi; Horizontal transmission; Hypocreales; Palmae; Pathogenicity; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE; WEEVIL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE; WEEVILS;

ARECACEAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYPOCREALES; PHOENIX CANARIENSIS; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 77954860891     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Abbott W.S. A method for computing the effectiveness of an insecticide. J. Econ. Entomol. 1925, 18:265-267.
2. Adane K., Moore D., Archer S.A. Preliminary studies on the use of Beauveria bassiana to control Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the laboratory. J. Stor. Prod. Res. 1996, 32:105-113.
3. Al-Ayedh H.Y., Rasool K.G. Sex ratio and the role of mild relative humidity in mating behaviour of red date palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) gamma-irradiated adults. J. Appl. Entomol. 2009, 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01460.x.
4. Butani D.K. Insect pests of fruit crops and their control, sapota-11: date palm. Pest. Res. J. 1975, 9:40-42.
5. De la Rosa W., Alatorre R., Trujillo J., Barrera J.F. Virulence of Beauveria bassiana (Deuteromycetes) strains against the coffee borer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 1997, 90:1534-1538.
6. Dembilio Ó., Jacas J.A., Llácer E. Are the palms Washingtonia filifera and Chamaerops humilis suitable hosts for the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)?. J. Appl. Entomol. 2009, 133:565-567.
7. Dembilio Ó., Llácer E., Martínez de Altube M.M., Jacas J.A. Field efficacy of imidacloprid and Steinernema carpocapsae in a chitosan formulation against the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Phoenix canariensis. Pest Manage. Sci. 2010, 10.1002/ps.1882.
8. El-Sufty R., Al-Awash S.A., Al Bgham S., Shahdad A.S., Al Bathra A.H. Pathogenicity of the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill to the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) (Col.: Curculionidae) under Laboratory and Field Conditions. Egyptian J. Biol. Pest Control 2009, 19:81.
9. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization) Data sheets on quarantine pests. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. EPPO Bullet. 2008, 38:55-59.
10. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization), 2009. First record of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, January 26, 2009.
11. EU (European Union) Commission decision of 25 May 2007 on emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier). 2007/365/EC. Off. J. Eur. Union 2007, L 139:24-27.
12. Faleiro J.R. A review of the issues and management of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Rhynchophoridae) in coconut and date palm during the last one hundred years. Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci. 2006, 26:135-154.
13. Giblin-Davis R.M. Borers of palms. Insects on Palms 2001, 267-305. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. F.W. Howard, D. Moore, R.M. Giblin-Davis, R.G. Abad (Eds.).
14. Gindin G., Levski S., Glazer I., Soroker V. Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana against the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Phytoparasitica 2006, 34:370-379.
15. Goettel M.S., Inglis D.G. Fungi: Hyphomycetes. Manual of techniques in insect pathology 1997, 213-249. Academic Press, London, UK. L.A. Lacey (Ed.).
16. Grosscurt A.C. Effects of diflubenzuron on mechanical penetrability, chitin formation and structure of the elytra of Leptinotarsa decemlineata. J. Insect Physiol. 1978, 24:827-831.
17. Glare T.R., Placer C., Nelson T.L., Reay S.D. Potential of Beauveria and Metarhizium as control agents of pinhole borers (Platypus spp.). N. Z. Plant Prot. 2002, 55:73-79.
18. Hallett R.H., Oehlschlager A.C., Borden J.H. Pheromone-trapping protocols for Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Int. J. Pest Manage. 1999, 45:231-237.
19. Kaplan E.L., Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete data. J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 1958, 53:457-481.
20. Lacey L.A., Kirk A.A., Millar L., Mereadier G., Vidal C. Ovicidal and larvicidal activity of conidia and blastospores of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) against Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) with a description of a bioassay system allowing prolonged survival of control insects. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 1999, 9:9-18.
21. Software Le.Ora. Polo-Pc: A User's Guide to Probit OrLOgit Analysis 1987, LeOra Software, Berkeley.
22. Llácer E., Martínez J., Jacas J.A. Evaluation of the efficacy of Steinernema carpocapsae in a chitosan formulation against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Phoenix canariensis. BioControl 2009, 54:559-565.
23. Marannino P., Santiago-Álvarez C., de Lillo E., Quesada-Moraga E. A new bioassay method reveals pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana against early stages of Capnodis tenebrionis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 2006, 93:210-213.
24. Martín M.M., Cabello T. Manejo de la cría del picudo rojo de la palmera, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae), en dieta artificial y efectos en su biometría y biología. Bol. San. Veg. Plagas 2006, 32:631-641.
25. Menon K.P.V., Pandalai K.M. A Monograph of the Coconut Palm 1960, Ernakulam, India, p. 384.
26. Murphy S.T., Briscoe B.R. The red palm weevil as an alien invasive: biology and prospects for biological control as a component of IPM. Biocontrol N. Inf. 1999, 20:35-45.
27. Quesada-Moraga E., Santos-Quiros R., Valverde-Garcia P., Santiago-Álvarez C. Virulence, horizontal transmission, and sublethal reproductive effects of Metarhizium anisopliae (anamorphic fungi) on the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 2004, 87:51-58.
28. Quesada-Moraga E., Ruiz-García A., Santiago-Álvarez C. Laboratory evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae against puparia and adults of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 2006, 99:1955-1966.
29. Quesada-Moraga E., Landa B.B., Muñoz-Ledesma F.J., Jiménez-Díaz R., Santiago-Álvarez C. Endophytic colonization of opium poppy Papaver somniferum by an entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana strain. Mycopathologia 2006, 161:323-329.
30. Quesada-Moraga E., Martin-Carballo I., Garrido-Jurado I., Santiago-Álvarez C. Horizontal transmission of Metarhizium anisopliae among laboratory populations of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Biol. Control 2008, 47:115-124.
31. Quesada-Moraga E., Muñoz-Ledesma F.J., Santiago-Álvarez C. Systemic protection of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum L., against Iraella luteipes (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) by an endophytic strain of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales). Environ. Entomol. 2009, 38:723-730.
32. Rahalkar G.W., Harwalkar M.R., Rananavare H.D., Tamhankar A.J., Shanthram K. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Handbook of Insect Rearing 1985, 279-286. Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL. P. Singh, R.F. Moore (Eds.).
33. Rechcigl J.E., Rechcigl N.A. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests 2000, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, US, 374 pp.
34. Roberts D.W., Humber R.A. Entomogenous fungi. Biology of Conidial Fungi 1981, 201-236. Academic Press, New York. G.T. Kendrick, B. Cole (Eds.).
35. Robertson J.L., Preisler H.K., Frampton E.R., Armstrong J.W. Statistical analyses to estimate efficacy of disinfestation treatments. Quarantine Treatments for Pests of Fruit Plants 1994, 47-65. Westview Press, Boulder. J.L. Shrarp, G.J. Hallman (Eds.).
36. Sewify G.H., Belal M.H., Al-Awash S.A. Use of the Entomopathogenic Fungus, Beauveria bassiana for the Biological Control of the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier. Egyptian J. Biol. Pest Control 2009, 19:157-163.
37. Vega F.E., Posada F., Aime M.C., Pava-Ripoll M., Infante F., Rehner S.A. Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes. Biol. Control 2008, 46:72-82.
38. Vega F. Insect pathology and fungal endophytes. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 2008, 98:277-279.
39. Zimmermann G. Review on safety of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Beauveria brongniartii. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 2007, 17:553-596.