Histopathology of Nomuraea rileyi in Plathypena scabra larvae |
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Authors: | HG Thorvilson LC Lewis LP Pedigo |
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Institution: | Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA |
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Abstract: | Green cloverworm larvae. Plathypena scabra, were inoculated with Nomuraea rileyi by “tumbling” larvae in a vial of conidia. The ontogeny of the pathogen was followed by using standard histological techniques. N. rileyi conidia germinated on green cloverworm integument within 12 hr after inoculation. Germ tubes penetrated larval cuticle 36 hr after inoculation, then grew parallel to endocuticular laminae. After hyphal penetration of the epidermis ca. 4.5 days after inoculation, hyphal bodies were produced and were transported throughout the hemocoel. Hyphal bodies and hemocytes cohabited the hemocoel, but gut epithelial and muscle tissues were not invaded by Day 5. Hemocytes lysed and mycelia completely ramified throughout all larval tissues by 7 days after inoculation. Death of larvae was followed by conidiogenesis ca. 7.5 days after inoculation. |
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Keywords: | mycoses histopathology green cloverworm |
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