Fungi associated with eggs and first-instar larvae of the European corn borer |
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Authors: | R.E. Lynch L.C. Lewis |
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Affiliation: | Corn Insects Research Unit, Science and Education Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Ankeny, Iowa 50021 USA |
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Abstract: | Fungi isolated from field-collected egg masses of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, were identified as Alternaria spp., A. porri, Fusarium spp., Fusarium oxysporum, Beauveria bassiana, Mucor spp., and an unidentified yeast. Most fungi were associated with predator injury to the egg mass. Bioassay of fungi on egg masses, however, showed that Alternaria spp. and A. porri reduced the hatch of both injured and uninjured egg masses, and Mucor sp. reduced the hatch only when the egg mass was injured. |
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Keywords: | first-instar larvae Beauveria bassiana fungus pathogenicity predator injury |
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