Host specificity of the cassava green mite pathogen Neozygites floridana |
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| Authors: | F.C.C. Hountondji J.S. Yaninek G.J. de Moraes G.I. Oduor |
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| Affiliation: | (1) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, Benin;(2) Present address: Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA;(3) Depto. de Zoologia, ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil;(4) CAB International – Africa Regional Centre, Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | Tests were conducted on the hostspecificity of a Brazilian isolate of thefungus Neozygites floridana, a potentialbiological control agent for the cassava greenmite, Mononychellus tanajoa, in Africa.Five insect and two mite species, mostly fromthe cassava agroecosystem, were evaluated forsusceptibility to N. floridana, namelyEuseius concordis, E. citrifolius, Phenacoccus herreni, Stethorus sp., Aleurothrixus aepim, Apoanagyrusdiversicornis, and Bombyx mori.Individuals of each species were exposed tocapilliconidia (the infective stage of thefungus). None of the tested individuals wasfound with hyphal bodies (the vegetative stageof the fungus), whereas 73 to 94% of thecassava green mites in the controls becameinfected. Non-germinated capilliconidia were,however, found attached to several individualsin most species. N. floridana appears tobe safe for exportation. Further evaluation ofits performance against M. tanajoa inAfrica is therefore desirable. |
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| Keywords: | cassava classical biological control microbial control non-target organisms parasitoid predators specificity Bombyx mori Mononychellus tanajoa Neozygites floridana |
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