Hostname: page-component-669899f699-7tmb6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-04-27T05:13:39.866Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Influence of three sorghum cultivars on the activity of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok. against Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Nguya K. Maniania ,
K. N. Saxena  and
A. Odulaja
Nguya K. Maniania
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
K. N. Saxena
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
A. Odulaja
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Get access

Abstract

The influence of three cultivars of Sorghum bicolor (L.) on the activity of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae on the stemborer Chilo partellus was investigated in the field and laboratory. Fungal activity in the field varied with the plant cultivar and the inoculum concentration. Larvae fed on different cultivars and inoculated with the fungus in the laboratory did not vary in their susceptibility to the pathogen. However, time to 50% mortality (LT50) of the larvae was shorter in cultivar IS 1044 than in cultivars ICS 3 and ICS 4. Compatibility of the fungus with cultivars is therefore an important consideration when using fungi for the biological control of stemborers.

Résumé

L'influence de trois variétés de Sorghum bicolor (L.) sur l'activité du champignon entomopathogène, Metarhizium anispoliae à l'égard du foreur de tige, Chilo partellus a été étudiée au laboratoire et en plein champ. L'activité pathogène du champignon variait en fonction de la plante hôte et la concentration de l'inoculum. La susceptibilité au pathogène des larves élevées sur différentes variétés, puis traitées avec le champignon au laboratoire, n'était pas significativement différente. Cependant, le temps léthal 50% (LT50) des larves était plus court avec la variété IS 1044 qu'avec les variétés ICS 3 et ICS 4. Par conséquent, la compatibilité entre le pathogène et la plante hôte est un aspect important dont faut tenir compte dans le développement des champignons entomopathogènes pour la lutte contre le foreur des tige.

Keywords

Sorghum bicolorcultivarhost plantstemborerChilo partellusfungusMetarhizium anisopliaecompatibilitySorghum bicolorvariétéplante-hôteChilo partelluschampignon entomopathogèneMetarhizium anisopliaecompatibilité
Type
Research Articles
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 45 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1998

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Abbott, W. S. (1925) A method of computing the effectiveness of an insecticide, J. Econ. Entomol. 18, 265–267.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bartlett, K. A. and Lefebvre, C. L. (1934) Field experiments with Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill., a fungus attacking the European corn borer, J. Econ. Entomol. 27, 1147–1157.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benz, G. (1987) Environment, pp. 177–214. In Epizootiology of Insect Diseases (Edited by Fuxa, J. R. and Tanada, Y.). Wiley, New York.Google Scholar
Chapman, R. F. and Woodhead, S. (1985) Insect behaviour in sorghum resistance mechanisms, pp. 137–147. In Proceedings of the International Sorghum Entomology Workshop, 15–21 July 1984, Texas.Google Scholar
Costa, S. D. and Gaugler, R. (1989a) Influence of Solanum host plants on Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) susceptibility to the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana. Environ. Entomol. 18, 531–536.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Costa, S. D. and Gaugler, R. (1989b) Sensitivity of Beauveria bassiana to solanine and tornatine: Plant defensive chemicals inhibit an insect pathogen, J. Chemic. Ecol. 15, 697–706.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fargues, J. and Maniania, N. K. (1992) Variabilité de la sensibilité de Spodoptera littoralis (Lep.: Noctuidae) à l'hyphomycète entomopathogène Nomuraea rileyi. Entomophaga 37, 545–554.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Feng, Z., Carruthers, R. I. and Larkin, T. S. (1988) A phenology model and field evaluation of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuillemin (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomy cetes) mycosis of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Can. Entomol. 120, 133–144.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ferron, P. (1978) Biological control of insect pests by entomogenous fungi. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 23, 409–442.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hare, J. D. and Andreadis, T. G. (1983) Variation in the susceptibility of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) when reared on different host plants to the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana in the field and laboratory. Environ. Entomol. 12, 1892–1897.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kushner, D. J. and Harvey, G. T. (1962) Antibacterial substances in leaves: Their possible role in insect resistance to diseases, J. Invertebr. Pathol. 4, 155–184.Google Scholar
Lwande, W. and Bentley, M. D. (1987) Volatiles of Sorghum bicolor seedlings, J. Nat. Products 50, 950–952.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maniania, N. K. (1992) Pathogenicity of entomogenous fungi (Hyphomycetes) to larvae of stem borers, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and Busseola fusca Fuller. Insect Sci. Applic. 13, 691–696.Google Scholar
Maniania, N. K. (1993) Effectiveness of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. for control of the stem borer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in maize in Kenya. Crop Protection 12, 601–604.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maniania, N. K. and Fargues, J. (1984) Spécificité des Hyphomycétes entomopathogènes pour les larves de lépidoptères Noctuidae. Entomophaga 29, 451–464.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maniania, N. K., Okello, R. O., Oluoch, R. O. and Akinyi, J. (1993) Field evaluation of conidia and pregerminated conidia of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. for the control of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe). J. Plant Prot. Trop. 10, 131–136.Google Scholar
Maniania, N. K., Okello, R. O., Oluoch, R. O. and Odero, T. A. (1994) Potential of entomopathogenic hyphomycetes (Deuteromycotina) fungi for the control of the stem borer Chilo partellus (Lep., Pyralidae). J. Afr. Zool. 108, 529–536.Google Scholar
Ochieng, R. S., Onyango, F. O. and Bungu, M. D. O. (1985) Improvement of techniques for mass culture of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe). Insect Sci. Applic. 6, 425–428.Google Scholar
Ramoska, W. A. and Todd, T. (1985) Variation in efficacy and viability of Beauveria bassiana in the chinch bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) as result of feeding activity on selected host plants. Environ. Entomol. 14, 146–148.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smirnoff, W. A. (1972) Effects of volatile substances released by foliage of Abies balsamea. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 19, 32–35.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wariu, C. M. and Kuria, J. N. (1983) Population incidence and the control of maize stalk borers Chilo partellus (Swinhoe), C. orichalcociliellus Strand and Sesamia calamistis Hmps in Coast Province, Kenya. Insect Sci. Applic. 4, 11–18.Google Scholar