Journal of Insect Science (2020) 20 (2 - 1)

Eric H. Clifton, Stefan T. Jaronski and Ann E. Hajek (2020)
Virulence of commercialized fungal entomopathogens against Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Journal of Insect Science 20 (2 - 1)
Abstract: Nine strains of five species of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi were tested against adults of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky). These strains have been developed as commercial biopesticide products in the United States, Brazil, South Korea, or the European Union (EU). Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) ESALQ E-9 and Metarhizium brunneum (Petch) F52 (formerly M. anisopliae F52) (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) killed 100% of treated beetles with the shortest survival times. Virulence differed among the five strains of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) tested, ranging from 0 to 77.3% mortality within 28 d. Two Isaria fumosorosea (Wize, 1904) (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) (formerly Paecilomyces fumosoroseus) strains and the Lecanicillium muscarium (Petch) Zare and Gams (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) strain used in Mycotal were not pathogenic to A. glabripennis adults. Within the entomopathogenic fungi tested, the Metarhizium strains may be the most appropriate for further evaluation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Stefan T. Jaronski, Ann E. Hajek

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
evaluation - screening - selection

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anoplophora glabripennis
Beauveria bassiana (entomopathogen)	Anoplophora glabripennis
Metarhizium anisopliae (entomopathogen)	Anoplophora glabripennis
Metarhizium brunneum (entomopathogen)	Anoplophora glabripennis