Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests
EL- Lebody, K., Soliman, M., EL- Metwally, E., Abd-Elaziz, M., Moustafa, H. (2021). Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests. EKB Journal Management System, 99(1), 49-60. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2021.58352.1073
Kareema EL- Lebody; Maali S. Soliman; EL- Metwally EL- Metwally; Mohmed Abd-Elaziz; Hemat Z. Moustafa. "Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests". EKB Journal Management System, 99, 1, 2021, 49-60. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2021.58352.1073
EL- Lebody, K., Soliman, M., EL- Metwally, E., Abd-Elaziz, M., Moustafa, H. (2021). 'Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests', EKB Journal Management System, 99(1), pp. 49-60. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2021.58352.1073
EL- Lebody, K., Soliman, M., EL- Metwally, E., Abd-Elaziz, M., Moustafa, H. Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 99(1): 49-60. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2021.58352.1073

Isolation and pathogenicity of endophytic fungi associated with some maize hybrids against certain Lepidoptera pests

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research
Article 6, Volume 99, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 49-60  XML PDF (733.88 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2021.58352.1073
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Authors
Kareema EL- Lebody1; Maali S. Soliman email orcid 2; EL- Metwally EL- Metwally3; Mohmed Abd-Elaziz4; Hemat Z. Moustafa5
1Plant Protection Research Institute Agricultural Research Center
2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Mycology Res. and Disease Survey Dept.
3Plant Protection Research Institute Agricultural Research Center
4Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center
5Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
The means of biological control methods in which entomopathogens are being applied to crops has been adopted for several years. However, endophytic entomopathogenic fungi could provide plants with longer protective effect compared to usual bio-control agents’ applications since they are being internally associated with plants and could grant them more sustainable protection. This study was an attempt to isolate the endophytic fungi from Hytech 2031, Pioneer 3444 and SC 132 maize hybrids and investigating their pathogenicity against Sesamia cretica, Pectinophora gossypiella and Spodoptera littoralis in different larval instars. Five fungi were isolated from the maize hybrids, i.e. Aspergillus flavus MRDS 301, Curvularia lunata MRDS 302, Chaetomium madrasense MRDS 303, Alternaria alternate MRDS 304 and Aspergillus flavus MRDS 305. C. lunata MRDS 302 and C. madrasense MRDS 303 treatments showed insecticidal effect (100 %) against S. cretica 1st instar larvae. All treatments against S. cretica significantly reduced the weight of the resulting full grown instar larvae. C. madrasense caused the highest mortality to P. gossipiella 1st instar larvae compared to other treatments. In general, A. flavus MRDS 305 was more effective than A. flavus MRDS 301 against all the tested pests. Soil infestation was a highly effective method of inoculation to introduce the fungus C. madrasense inside maize plants since the fungus was isolated from both roots and leaves.
Keywords
Endophytes; entomopathogens; fungi; maize; Lepidoptera pests
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