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Effect of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on the adult African rice gall midge (AfRGM – Orseolia oryzivora)

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Title Effect of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on the adult African rice gall midge (AfRGM – Orseolia oryzivora)
 
Creator Oyetunji, O.E.
Odebode, C.
Nwilene, F.
Togola, A.
Tamo, M.
 
Subject ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA
FUNGI
INFESTATION
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA
METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE
RICE
PEST INSECTS
INSECT DISEASES
 
Description Published online: 06 Nov 2019
Rice is an important staple crop whose production is limited by array of insect pests and diseases. African rice gall midge (AfRGM) Orseolia oryzivora Harris & Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is a major insect pest of lowland rice ecology in Africa. Heavy yield losses have been recorded in many farmers’ rice fields. Use of synthetic insecticides has fostered environmental and human health concern that initiates a search for alternative control measures such as Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) – Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. The experiment was laid out on completely randomised design (CRD) with three replications. The study showed M. anisopliae IC30 had the greatest control effect on adult AfRGM with 90.58% of non-infested tillers. The percentage of non-infested tiller advantage over the control followed the same trend with M. anisopliae IC30 having the greatest value of 50.72%. Tiller infestation had significant negative correlation with chlorophyll content, leaf breadth and grain number.
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Date 2019-11-21T15:29:44Z
2019-11-21T15:29:44Z
2019
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Oyetunji, O.E., Odebode, C., Nwilene, F., Togola, A. & Tamo, M. (2019). Effect of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on the adult African rice gall midge (AfRGM–Orseolia oryzivora). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 52(9-10), 906-916.
0323-5408
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105861
 
Language en
 
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Format 906-916
 
Source Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection