Pathogenicity of Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) samson stored for six years

Authors

  • Lucianita da Silva
  • Luiz Canicio Loch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1993.v28.3963

Keywords:

<i>Anticarsia gemmatalis</i>, viability, fungus conservation, conidia, gelatine

Abstract

Dead caterpillars of Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner (Lep. Noctuidae) covered with spores of Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) Samson from six counties were maintained in jelly capsules and stored in capped glass containers with silica at the temperature of -18°C from 1984 to 1990. The isolates kept their viability and pathogenicity up to six years of storage.

Published

1993-09-01

How to Cite

da Silva, L., & Loch, L. C. (1993). Pathogenicity of <i>Nomuraea rileyi</i> (Farlow) samson stored for six years. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 28(9), 1005–1009. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1993.v28.3963

Issue

Section

ENTOMOLOGY