Molecular characterization of isolates of Metarhizium from locusts and grasshoppers |
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Authors: | P D Bridge C Prior J Sagbohan C J Lomer M Carey A Buddie |
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Institution: | (1) International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane, Surrey, TW20 9TY, UK;(2) International Institute of Biological Control, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7TA, UK;(3) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, B.P. 08–0932, Cotonou, Republic of Benin |
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Abstract: | The relationships between 30 strains of Metarhizium were investigated by isoenzyme analysis, PCR-RAPDs, and protease production. The strains included representatives of M. anisopliae, M. flavoviride var. flavoviride and M. flavoviride var. minus. Thirteen isolates conforming to M. flavoviride from acridoid hosts and pathogenic to locusts and grasshoppers were shown to be a single, distinctive genotype with a pan-tropical distribution. In addition, the separation of M. flavoviride var. minus as a host specific taxon distinct from European isolates of M. flavoviride was also supported. The possibility of coevolution within some insect pathogenic populations is discussed. |
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Keywords: | metarhizium biological control RAPDs isoenzymes |
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