Controlling fungi that colonize eggs of the western corn rootworm in the laboratory
1989
Oloumi-Sadeghi, H. | Levine, E.
When incubated on filter or blotter paper in the laboratory, eggs of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), were usually colonized and killed by the fungus Cylindrocarpon destructans (Zins.) Scholten. The effects of type of paper used during incubation and boiling, rearing substrate (paper or soil), pH, and antimicrobial chemicals on percent egg hatch and fungal colonization were evaluated. Neither paper type nor boiling the paper affected hatch or fungal colonization. Significantly (P < 0.05) higher numbers of eggs hatched and fungi colonized lower numbers of eggs when eggs were incubated on the soil surface than when they were incubated on filter paper. In treatments where eggs were placed within soil, the longer the eggs remained in the soil, the greater the percent egg hatch and the lower the incidence of fungal colonization. Egg hatch was significantly lower and fungal colonization significantly higher at pH 3 than at pH 4 through 8 and distilled water. Treatment of eggs with benomyl significantly reduced fungal colonization and increased hatch while not affecting the number of days required for initial, 50%, and last hatch of eggs or larval survival.
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