primer registro de Conidiobolus coronatus (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) en crías experiementales de dos especies plaga de maíz Delphacodes kuscheli y D. haywardi

TOLEDO, A.V.; MARINO DE REMES LECHNIKOV , A.; LÓPEZ LASTRA, C.C.

BOLETíN DE LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BOTáNICA

SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BOTÝNICA

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2007 vol. 42 p. 169 - 174

0373-580X

First record of Conidiobolus coronatus in experimental brreding of two pest species of corn Delphacodes kuscheli and D. haywardi (Hemiptera: delphacidae ) in Argentine. The natural ocurrence of the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) in adults of Delphacodes kuscheli and D. haywardi reared on Hordeum vulgare, under greenhouse conditions , was investigated. Dead insects suspectedn of fungal infection were collected , surface sterilized and examined in the laboratroy . Conidiobolus coronatus was isolated in pure culture described morphologically and deposited in mycological collections . This present paper is the first record of C. coronatus against harmful insects in Argentina.