Relationship between intraspecific variations and host insects of Ophiocordyceps nutans collected in Japan |
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Authors: | Fumito Sasaki Toshizumi Miyamoto Aki Yamamoto Yutaka Tamai Takashi Yajima |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Forest Resource Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9-W9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan;(2) Otaru Museum, 1-3-6 Temiya, Otaru 047-0041, Japan; |
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Abstract: | To investigate the host specificity of Ophiocordyceps nutans against hemipteran insects in the wild, we determined the relationship between host species and rDNA-internal transcribed
spacer (ITS) variation in O. nutans. The analyzed fungal specimens infected 16 host species belonging to four families of Hemiptera. The molecular phylogenetic
analysis revealed that O. nutans can be classified into two types corresponding to their host families. The genetic distance values between the two types
were very remote (>0.084), and the strains of O. nutans that parasitized Halyomorpha halys and Plautia crossota stali, well-known insect pests, formed a subclade. The results suggest that O. nutans should have host specificity which can be valuable for developing biological control agents against specific hemipteran insects. |
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Keywords: | Entomogenous fungus Host specificity |
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