The objective of this study was to select strains of beauveria bassiana for controlling cosmopolites sordidus germ. Isolation and characterisation of beauveria bassiana. Mazomenos chemical ecology and natural products laboratory, institute of biology ncsr demokritos, p. Beauveria bassiana is a ubiquitous fungus that infects a wide range of insects.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen beauveria bassiana ascomycota. Pesticide information about beauveria bassiana uc ipm. The entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana has a wide host range. The epa believes that using this fungus as a pesticide is not expected to have adverse effects on people or the environment and allows its use on food crops. This page was last edited on 17 december 2019, at 17. Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungi that causes white muscadine disease in a range of insects including whiteflies, aphids, thrips, grasshoppers and certain types of beetles. Underway beauveria bassiana final work plan september 2011. Three species are recognised, two of which are well known pathogens of insects. Beauveria bassiana will infect and kill a wide variety of softbodied insect pests such as whiteflies, thrips and aphids. Susceptibilidad del parasitoide phymastichus coffea. Beauvaria bassiana is the most common species and is best known as the causal agent of muscardine disease in silkworms. An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance has been established under section 408c2ai of the federal food, drug, and cosmetics act.
Beauveria bassiana strain gha 128924 fact sheet summary beauveria bassiana strain gha is a fungus that is used as a pesticide for controlling many kinds of insects. Reineke yvonne rondot and annette reineke hochschule geisenheim university institute of phytomedicine iobcwrps meeting integrated protection and production in. Beauveria species are occasionally isolated in the clinical laboratory as saprophytic contaminants. Beauveria bassiana biopesticides control aphids, whiteflies. Once the host insect is infected, the fungus rapidly grows. Arendsc a department of entomology, comstock hall, cornell university, ithaca, ny 14853, usa. This organism also attacks related insectpathogenic species of the clavicipitaceae. Cookies are small text files that contain a string of characters and uniquely identifies a browser.
However, beauveria has different efficacies on these pests. Biocontrol potential of metarhizium anisopliae and. Beauvaria bassiana is pathogenic for insects, holds promise in the biologic control of insects, and has produced infection in humans. Franceschini 4 abstract naturalis is a bioinsecticide based on living conidiospores of the naturally occuring beauveria bassiana strain atcc 74040. Department of agriculture, agricultural research service, bldg. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. Among invertebrate fungal pathogens, beauveria bassiana has assumed a key role in management of numerous arthropod agricultural, veterinary and forestry pests. The latter teleomorph the sexually reproducing form has been collected only in eastern asia. Hypocreales as an endophyte in cocoa seedlings theobroma cacao francisco posada fernando e.
The active ingredient can be used on all food crops and many nonfood crops at various outdoor and indoor sites. Beauveria bassiana, a deuteromycete long known for its entomopathogenic properties, causes an insect disease known as white muscardine. Beauveria bassiana is a fungus and gha is a specific strain of that fungus. Beauveria bassiana may be a relevant tool in the integrated management of banana weevil borer in reconcavo and southern bahia. It is being used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests such as termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and different beetles. Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte in grapevine vitis vinifera.
Different strains of the fungus have been obtained from various insects and in some cases mass produced and commercialized. Methods for isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from the soil environment laboratory manual, january 2007 deliverable 5. Biocontrol potential of metarhizium anisopliae and beauveria bassiana against diamondback moth, plutella xylostella nguyen thi loc and vo thi bich chi cuu long delta rice research institute, can tho, vietnam abstract the diamond back moth dbm, plutella xylostella l. Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus which occurs naturally and ubiquitously in the soil keswani et al. The production and uses of beauveria bassiana as a microbial. Epa approved for organic programs, balence fly spray is a liquid suspension of the beneficial fungus beauveria bassiana. Palmenschutz mit biologischem pilz beauveria bassiana youtube. International journal of chemtech research coden usa. Methods for isolation of entomopathogenic fungi from the. All fungal isolates were cultured on potato dextrose agar.
Reineke yvonne rondot and annette reineke hochschule geisenheim university institute of phytomedicine iobcwrps meeting integrated protection and production in viticulture ascona,16th oct. Palmenschutz mit biologischem pilz beauveria bassiana. Balence fly spray maintains a residual effect in the treated areas for up to about 21 days. When spores of this fungus come in contact with the cuticle skin of susceptible insects, they germinate and grow directly through the cuticle to the inner body of their host. Beauveria bassiana strain gha is not known to be a human. It differs from nosema locustae in that it does not need to be ingested by the host. As a nonmotile organism, targeting of insects by the fungus is considered a passive event, with airborne, water dispersed, andor presence in. Box 60228, 153 10 aghia paraskevi, attikis, greece. Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease. Meyling department of ecology, faculty of life sciences, university of copenhagen, thorvaldsensvej 40, dk1871 frederiksberg c, denmark. Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen beauveria. Beauveria bassiana is a wellstudied example of a facultative pathogen with a broad host range, infecting over 700 species of arthropods from different orders li, 1988.
Ahmed and elkatatny 2007 entomopathogenic fungi as biopesticides against the egyptian 41 faculty of science, elminia, university, egypt, for use as a target in the test of antifungal effect of the four fungi strains of this study as detailed below. Isolation and characterisation of beauveria bassiana isolates. View beauveria bassiana research papers on academia. If you do not understand the label, find someone to explain it to you in detail. Beauveria is typically deployed in one or more inundative applications of large numbers of aerial conidia in dry or liquid formulations, in a. The product contains spores and mycelial fragments of b. Dominant local strains exist at least at this point in time and deserve more research. Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte in grapevine vitis vinifera prof. Evaluation of beauveria bassiana applications against. Beauveria bassiana parasitizing the colorado potato beetle has been reported to be, in turn, the host of a mycoparasitic fungus syspastospora parasitica. Beauveria bassiana strain gha when used as labeled. Mass production is mainly practiced by solidstate fermentation.
Evaluation of beauveria bassiana applications against adult house xy, musca domestica, in commercial cagedlayer poultry facilities in new york state phillip e. Pdf, pacific northwest extension publication pnw591. Residues of the pesticide are not expected to remain on treated food or feed. Beauveria bassiana an overview sciencedirect topics. Trichogramma pretiosum riley and the entomopathogenic fungi beauveria bassiana and metarhizium anisopliae are efficient biological control agents and are thought to be used. The production and uses of beauveria bassiana as a. Beauveria is typically deployed in one or more inundative applications of large numbers of aerial conidia in dry or liquid formulations, in a chemical paradigm. Vlvery low, llow, lmlow to moderate, mmoderate, lhlow to high, mhmoderate to high, hhigh, vhvery high, nnone, nkrno known risk, no data. Beauveria sprays appear to be helpful but are not a substitute for sanitation. No example products containing beauveria bassiana can be listed at this time. Beauveria bassiana strain atcc 74040 naturalis, a valuable tool for the control of the cherry fruit fly rhagoletis cerasi e.
Beauveria bassiana strains for biological control of. Beauveria bassiana is the anamorph asexually reproducing form of cordyceps bassiana. Isolation and characterisation of beauveria bassiana isolates from phylloplanes of hedgerow vegetation. The insect disease caused by the fungus is a muscardine which has been called white muscardine disease. Material safety data msd sheets were submitted for the inert ingredients in the of and es enduse product formulations. Beauveria bassiana balsamo vuillemin is an entomopathogenic. Selectivity of beauveria bassiana and metarrhizium anisopliaeinis. Beauveria bassiana strain gha 128924 technical document. Rubin, in handbook of pesticide toxicology second edition, 2001. The organism produces a number of cyclodepsipeptides such as beauvericin which may account for at least part of its insect toxicity miller et al. Beauveria bassiana strain gha is a fungus that is used as a pesticide for controlling many kinds of insects. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Information provided in the msd sheets for the inert.
The agency has assessed the toxicology data base for products containing the active ingredient beauveria bassiana strain gha in. They are sent to a computer by website operators or third parties. Beauveria definition of beauveria by medical dictionary. Pronunciation of beauveria bassiana with 1 audio pronunciation, 1 meaning, 2 translations and more for beauveria bassiana. Population study of dsrna elements in beauveria bassiana. Beauveria bassiana is a fungus which causes a disease known as the white muscadine disease in insects. The beauveria bassiana spores infect and parasitize flies when the flies come in contact with the fungus. Establishment of the fungal entomopathogen beauveria bassiana. Although the species is known to infect a wide range of insects, most strains are relatively hostspecific.