Abstract
The pathogenicity of 159 isolates of Metarhizium and Beauveria spp. was screened using Schistocerca gregaria adults. The median lethal time MLT , the average survival time and its standard deviation SD were used to describe the rate of kill from the cumulative observed response curve over time, following the application of conidia in bioassays. All screens included a standard strain of Metarhizium sp. from a single spore of IMI 330189ss , which gave an average MLT value of 4.4 days SD 0.4 in 46 assays. Approximately 50 isolates, all belonging to the genus Metarhizium, showed virulence that was comparable with this strain. Two previously unreported preliminary tests were carried out. The first test assessed the response to the standard isolate by an established laboratory stock of desert locusts compared with a recently introduced locust stock from Niger. There were insignificant differences in MLT and LD50 on day 5 between the different locust strains. The second test assessed the effects of inoculation a...
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