Occurrence of Metarhizium spp. isolated from forest samples in South India and their potential in biological control of banana stem weevil Odoiporus longicollis …

V Velavan, R Rangeshwaran, G Sivakumar… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Thirty-six entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) were isolated from soil and insect
cadaver samples, collected from different forest types, viz., wet evergreen, moist deciduous …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and screening of new Metarhizium isolates to control the coconut rhinoceros beetle in the Pacific islands

LF Villamizar, GP Barrera, A Luange, K Sagata… - Fungal Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB; Oryctes rhinoceros) is one of the most destructive
insect pests of coconut and oil palms in tropical Asia and the Pacific islands. Members of a …

Metarhizium majus and Metarhizium robertsii show enhanced activity against the coleopteran pests Holotricha serrata and Oryctes rhinoceros

V Velavan, G Sivakumar… - Journal of …, 2017 - informaticsjournals.co.in
Studies were conducted to systematically isolate Metarhizium isolates from the insect
cadavers and soils of South India. Morphological and PCR amplified sequences of 5.8 S ITS …

Characterisation of Metarhizium majus (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolated from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

LL Mathulwe, K Jacobs, AP Malan, K Birkhofer… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are important soil-dwelling entomopathogens, which can be
used as biological control agents against pest insects. EPF are capable of causing lethal …

Identification and characterization of Metarhizium majus isolated from the edible insect Protaetia brevitarsis in Korea

KW Kwak, M Aktaruzzaman, E Kim… - Entomological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Edible insects are considered novel protein sources, and the edible insect breeding industry
is growing rapidly. However, fungal pathogens are a major threat to this industry, and …

[PDF][PDF] Fungal Biology

LF Villamizar, GP Barrera, A Luange, K Sagata… - researchgate.net
The coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB; Oryctes rhinoceros) is one of the most destructive
insect pests of coconut and oil palms in tropical Asia and the Pacific islands. Members of a …

[DOC][DOC] Sequencing methodology ITS parsimony network analysis

B Diazonium Blue - researchgate.net
Nuclear DNA was extracted using a Biokit Genome DNA Extraction Kit (Biokit Co., Taiwan).
The EF-1-α gene of the strain PL04 was amplified by PCR using the forward primers, EF1 …