Among 28 isolates of Beauveria bassiana tested for virulence against F. occidentalis in laboratory bioassays, we found strain SZ-26 as the most potent, causing 96% mortality in adults at 1×10(7) mL(-1)conidia after 4 days. The effect of the strain SZ-26 on survival, longevity and fecundity of the predatory mite Neoseiulus (Amblyseius) barkeri Hughes were studied under laboratory conditions. The...

beauveria spp. as entomopathogenic fungi have extremely diverse insect host ranges.here, a comparative transcript analysis of a bassiasin i (bsni), a dipeptidyl peptidase (dpp), a cytochrom p450 monooxygenase (cyp52), a mitogen activated protein kinase (mapk), and a neuronal calcium sensor 1 (ncs) in two isolates of beauveria bassiana., with low and high virulence, were carried out. for this, i...

Purpureocillium lilacinum and Beauveria bassiana were isolated from lung sampled at necropsy of a 12 year-old female loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that had displayed abnormal buoyancy. Histopathologic evaluation revealed pleuritis and pneumonia with non-melanized, septate hyphae and fruiting structures identical to those of P. lilacinum. This case emphasizes the importance of a histol...

the european corn borer (ecb) is one of the most important insect pests of corn and some other crops such as rice in iran. this pest is one of the most important hosts of the entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana, a well known fungal entomopathogen with high host range and considerable potential in insect pest control. in an isolate selection program of fungal isolates against ecb, ten iso...

entomopathogenic fungi produce secondary metabolites which may bioactively help fungus in its virulence toward insect hosts. beauveria bassiana produces several toxic low molecular compounds in vitro as well as in vivo, the most important of them is beauvericin. the beh isolate of the fungus was selected for beauvericin assay. beauvericin was obtained from surface and submerged cultures of the ...

The enzymatic formation of the cyclodepsipeptide beauvericin was demonstrated in cell-free extracts from Beauveria bassiana. In analogy to the enniatin synthetase system formation of beauvericin is strictly dependent on the presence of the constituent amino and hydroxy acid, S-adenosylmethionine, and ATP/Mg2+. Synthesizing activity could be enriched about 12-fold by fractional ammonium sulfate ...

Beauveria bassiana , an entomogenous fungus used for the biological control of pest insects, comprises a globally-distributed species complex of regionally endemic lineages. In order to study the population genetics of B . bassiana , detail species boundaries, conduct ecological studies of natural populations and track fates of experimentally-released strains, sensitive genetic markers are requ...

The title compound, C(19)H(28)O(4), was prepared from DHEA (dehydro-epiandrosterone) by its biotransformation using whole cells of the filamentous fungus Beauveria bassiana. The asymmetric unit contains two mol-ecules. The lactone ring is trans-positioned to the neighboring six-membered ring. In the crystal structure, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form layers, which are linked to each other by O-H⋯O and...

entomopathogenic fungi may be affected by pesticides used to protect crop plants. the in vitro compatibility of beauveria bassiana and metarhizium anisopliae with three fungicides and 16 insecticides was evaluated. the formulations of pesticides were tested in three concentrations (mean concentration (mc), half mc and twice the mc). all tested fungicides, at three concentrations, were incompati...

Insecticide-resistant populations of TPB have been noted in the Delta region (Hollingsworth et al., 1 ; Snodgrass, 1 ). Proposed EPA regulatory constraints on organophosphate insecticide use are anticipated. Viable replacements for organophosphate insecticides are needed. These may include efficient, long-lasting, and specific biological control agents. In this study, a commercially available B...