Primer registro del hongo Neozygites sp (Zygomycota Entomophthorales ) patógeno de Tetranychus urticae (Acari Tetranychidae) en la República Argentina

SCORSETTI, A.C; LÓPEZ LASTRA, C.C.

BOLETíN DE LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BOTáNICA

SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BOTÝNICA

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2007 vol. 42 p. 189 - 193

0373-580X

First record of Neozygites sp (Zygomycota Entomophthorales) pathogen of Tetranychus urticae (Acari Tetranychidae) in Argentina. In this paper the presence of the fungi Neozygitres aff. floridana as pathogen of the mite Tetranychus urticae is recorded for the first time in Argentinas. Samplings were carried out in La Plata , on tomato , pepper , eggplant and other horticultural crops. Microscopic slides and mites infected were placed in the Herbarium of the Institute of Botany C. Spegazzini and in the Herbarium of CEPAVE. This work contributes and expand the distribution and the host range of Neozygites as well as the information of entomopathogenic fungi in Argentina.