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, Page 205-216 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Research Papers | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0034718 | ||||
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| 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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