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Abstract
A total of 26 fungal strains were isolated from aphids and tomato leaf miner as indigenous species and from red palm weevil and peach fruit fly as an invasive insect. Fungal strains tested for their abilities to attack both bean and wheat aphids. The mortality of aphids due to thesefungi was estimated. Results showed that eight entomopathogenic fungi Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Verticillium sp., Fusarium chlamydosporum, Fusarium proliferatum, Fusarium semitectum, Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata, Fusarium solaniand Fusarium verticillioides exhibited high virulence 60-100%. However, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Verticillium sp., Fusarium chlamydosporum and Fusarium solani proved to be the most virulent species against the target aphids inducing 90%-100% mortality.
Highlights
Faba bean is considered one of the main crops grown for seed in Egypt, being cultivated from the North to the South and it is the third legume crop in the world
Damages are caused by the loss of plant sap and by the injury in plant tissues during feeding
Most wheat insect pests belong to seven major orders: Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera
Summary
Faba bean is considered one of the main crops grown for seed in Egypt, being cultivated from the North to the South and it is the third legume crop in the world. Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae Scopoli) is a common pest of broad beans, runner beans, mangel, sugar beet, fodder beet, and spinach It presents on fat-hen, poopy and dock. Most wheat insect pests belong to seven major orders: Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera Among these Orders cereal aphids of Order Homoptera are gaining importance since their population has increased over the last few years (Atwal, 1976; Ghanem and El-Adl (1983); Hatchett et al, 1987; El-Serafy, 1999; El-Heneidy et al, 2004; Youssef. Wheat aphids (Diuraphis noxia) are serious insect pests attacking wheat in Egypt and in the world It causes losses in crop averaged 7.5-18.7% of the total wheat production in Middle and Upper Egypt (Tantawi, 1985). The present work was conducted to lighten up the pathogenicity effect of some fungal strains isolated from different insects and plants collected from different localities in Minia governorate against bean and wheat aphids
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