VIRULENCE OF STINERNEMA SCAPTERISCI AND BEAUVERIA BASSIANA AND THEIR EFFECTS TO THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE MOLE CRICKET GRYLLOTALPA AFRICANA (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLOTALPIDAE) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Zoology | ||
| Article 15, Volume 66, Issue 66, December 2016, Pages 205-216 | ||
| Document Type: Original Research Papers | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0034718 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona A. Shoeb; Iman F. S. El-mahdi; Souad A. Shairra | ||
| Biological Control Research Department, Plant protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study was designed to evaluate the virulence of the entomopathogenic nematodes Stinernema scapterisci and the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, as well as their effects on total protein, α- and β-esterases and LDH in mole cricket Gryllotalpa africana (Orthopetera: Gryllotapidae). The results showed that combining these entomopathogenics with each other resulted in antagonismic effect compared to individual treatment. These pathogens significantly decreased the total protein content and the activity of α- and β-esterases, compared to the control in either individual or combined treatment. Whereas the activity of LDH was significantly increased as compared with the control due to these treatments. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Gryllotalpa Africana; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Entomopathogenic fungi; pathogenicity; enzyme activity; Total protein | ||
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