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Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

The peachfruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) is a polyphagous pest in nature, belonging to order, Diptera and their respective family is Tephritidae. It mostly feeds on different crops, vegetables and fruits. Different traditional chemical insecticides have been used to control this notorious pe...

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Autores principales: Murtaza, Ghulam, Naeem, Muhammad, Manzoor, Saba, Khan, Hammad Ahmad, Eed, Emad M., Majeed, Waqar, Ahmed Makki, Hussain, Ramzan, Uzma, Ummara, Umm E.
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35480558
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13316
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author Murtaza, Ghulam
Naeem, Muhammad
Manzoor, Saba
Khan, Hammad Ahmad
Eed, Emad M.
Majeed, Waqar
Ahmed Makki, Hussain
Ramzan, Uzma
Ummara, Umm E.
author_facet Murtaza, Ghulam
Naeem, Muhammad
Manzoor, Saba
Khan, Hammad Ahmad
Eed, Emad M.
Majeed, Waqar
Ahmed Makki, Hussain
Ramzan, Uzma
Ummara, Umm E.
author_sort Murtaza, Ghulam
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description The peachfruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) is a polyphagous pest in nature, belonging to order, Diptera and their respective family is Tephritidae. It mostly feeds on different crops, vegetables and fruits. Different traditional chemical insecticides have been used to control this notorious pest. Excessive consumption of pesticides has become a major threat to the fresh fruits trade since many importing countries refused to accept the shipments due to public health and environmental concerns. There is a growing trend to control these pests using the most effective biological control methods and other preventive measures have been adopted for reducing their attacks. Fungal agents have been used as biological agents to manage the attack of different insects pest through biological means. The present study was conducted to assess the virulence of three entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Verticillium lecanii, against Bactrocera zonata stages under different laboratory conditions. The results showed that B. bassiana and M. anisopliae were more effective in pathogenicity and potentially kill at all stages of B. zonata as compared to V. lecanii. The highest mortality rate for the third larval instar and the pupal stage were recorded after exposure to the 1 × 10(10) conidia/ml concentrations, B. bassiana, with 68.67% and 89.67%, respectively. Adult B. zonata flies were the most susceptible to all entomopathogenic fungi. However, M. anisopliae was more virulent against B. zonata adult flies than B. bassiana and V. lecanii at 1 × 10(10) conidial concentration. Therefore, the entomopathogenic fungi B. bassiana and M. anisopliae can be used as an cost effective bio-insecticide in the integrated pest management programs to control B. zonata. This study will be helpful to overcome this pest through biological control means.
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spelling pubmed-90371242022-04-26 Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae) Murtaza, Ghulam Naeem, Muhammad Manzoor, Saba Khan, Hammad Ahmad Eed, Emad M. Majeed, Waqar Ahmed Makki, Hussain Ramzan, Uzma Ummara, Umm E. PeerJ Agricultural Science The peachfruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) is a polyphagous pest in nature, belonging to order, Diptera and their respective family is Tephritidae. It mostly feeds on different crops, vegetables and fruits. Different traditional chemical insecticides have been used to control this notorious pest. Excessive consumption of pesticides has become a major threat to the fresh fruits trade since many importing countries refused to accept the shipments due to public health and environmental concerns. There is a growing trend to control these pests using the most effective biological control methods and other preventive measures have been adopted for reducing their attacks. Fungal agents have been used as biological agents to manage the attack of different insects pest through biological means. The present study was conducted to assess the virulence of three entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Verticillium lecanii, against Bactrocera zonata stages under different laboratory conditions. The results showed that B. bassiana and M. anisopliae were more effective in pathogenicity and potentially kill at all stages of B. zonata as compared to V. lecanii. The highest mortality rate for the third larval instar and the pupal stage were recorded after exposure to the 1 × 10(10) conidia/ml concentrations, B. bassiana, with 68.67% and 89.67%, respectively. Adult B. zonata flies were the most susceptible to all entomopathogenic fungi. However, M. anisopliae was more virulent against B. zonata adult flies than B. bassiana and V. lecanii at 1 × 10(10) conidial concentration. Therefore, the entomopathogenic fungi B. bassiana and M. anisopliae can be used as an cost effective bio-insecticide in the integrated pest management programs to control B. zonata. This study will be helpful to overcome this pest through biological control means. PeerJ Inc. 2022-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9037124/ /pubmed/35480558 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13316 Text en ©2022 Murtaza et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
spellingShingle Agricultural Science
Murtaza, Ghulam
Naeem, Muhammad
Manzoor, Saba
Khan, Hammad Ahmad
Eed, Emad M.
Majeed, Waqar
Ahmed Makki, Hussain
Ramzan, Uzma
Ummara, Umm E.
Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title_full Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title_fullStr Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title_full_unstemmed Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title_short Biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach Fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
title_sort biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungal strains against peach fruit fly, bactrocera zonata (saunders) (diptera: tephritidae)
topic Agricultural Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35480558
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13316
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