ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Compatibility of Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) with several insectisides
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Plant Protection Department, Aboureihan Campus, University of Tehran, Iran
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Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Plant Protection, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 31587-11167., P.O.Box 4111
Corresponding author
Pourian Hamid-Reza
Department of Plant Protection, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 31587-11167., P.O.Box 4111
Department of Plant Protection, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 31587-11167., P.O.Box 4111
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2010;50(1):22-27
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ABSTRACT
The entomopathogenic fungus conidia viability and sporulation may be affected by different environmental factors or by bio-pesticides and chemical products used to protect cultivated plants. In this research, we investigated the compatibility of Metarhizium anisopliae DEMI 001 isolates with three insecticides: fipronil, pyriproxyfen and hexaflumuron. The effect of fipronil, pyriproxyfen and hexaflumuron on sporulation, vegetative growth and conidial germination of the fungus was studied based on measuring the vegetative growth and sporulation. SDA medium was mixed with fipronil (10, 40 and 120 ppm), pyriproxyfen (10, 500 and 1 000 ppm), hexaflumuron (20, 50 and 120 ppm). SAD medium excluding insecticides was designated as blank. To determine the sporulation rate, spores was counted on surface area and vegetative growth was measured on the basis of colony diameter. The results showed that hexaflumuron at the concentration of 120 ppm reduced the vegetative growth to 0% showing the highest reduction effect compared
to pyriproxyfen (24.59%) and fipronil (24.31%). All three insecticides reduced drastically the conidial germination at the highest concentrations (0–15%). Hexaflumuron treatment with 0% germination at all three concentrations and fipronil and pyriproxyfen with 32.36% and 9.7% germination at 200 ppm were not significantly different. Regarding the highest negative effect of hexaflumuron on germination at all three concentrations, this insecticide should not be applied together with the entomopathogenic fungus.
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