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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2015, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (8): 52-59.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20150807

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Screening of Metarhizium anisopliae Strain with High Virulence against Larvae of Curculio chinensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

He Xueyou1, Cai Shouping1, Du Yuefei2, Chen Delan3, Huang Jinshui1, Li Kongquan4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Southern Mountain Timber Forest Cultivation of State Forestry Administration Fujian Academy of Forestry Fuzhou 350012;
    2. Changji Forestry Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Changji 831100;
    3. Wuyishan Forestry Bureau, Fujian Province Wuyishan 354300;
    4. Huangtian State-Owned Forest Farm of Gutian, Fujian Province Gutian 352251
  • Received:2014-09-15 Revised:2015-04-02 Online:2015-08-25 Published:2015-09-10

Abstract:

[Objective] Curculio chinensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is one of the most serious pests of oil-tea Camellia fruits.Screening of Metarhizium anisopliae strains with high virulence against this pest is important for using fungi as biocontrol agent to suppress this pest.[Method] Colony growth and sporulation of 7 strains of M. anisopliae were measured and their virulence against C. chinensis larvae were investigated in laboratory by using two inoculating methods ( Being dipped on larvae with conidia suspension of 107 spores·mL-1 and being mixed in soil with 105spores·g-1). The infection effects in field were evaluated through spraying conidia suspension of two superior strains. [Result] Bioassay results showed that larvae of C. chinensis were susceptible to different M. anisopliae strains. The larval mortalities reached 100% on the 13th day after inoculation using dipping inoculative method and the 9th day for conidia-soil mixing inoculative method. The median lethal time (LT50) of dipping inoculative method was 1.65 days to 4.26 days, and that of conidia-soil mixing inoculative method was 1.96 days to 3.51 days. The FJMa201101 and FJMa201205 strains of M. anisopliae were the most virulent against larvae of C. chinensis. When larvae inoculated with FJMa201101, the LT50 was 1.65 days, and the infection rate was 86.6% when using dipping inoculative method, while the LT50 was 2.11 days and the infection rate was 94.5% respectively for conidia-soil mixing inoculative method. When inoculated with FJMa201205, the LT50 was 1.71 days with the infection rate of 91.1% by using dipping inoculative method, whilst it was 1.96 days with the infection rate of 88.9% with conidia-soil mixing inoculative method. In field test, there was no significant difference in infection rate between the two superior strains, but the infection rates of larvae introduced to soil after spraying conidia suspension were significantly higher than those introduced before spraying. Meanwhile, the two strains were excellent at growth performance. [Conclusion] Therefore, the two strains of M. anisopliae, FJMa201101 and FJMa201205, could be the promising candidate in controlling C. chinensis larvae.

Key words: Curculio chinensis, Metarhizium anisopliae, virulence, dipping inoculative method, conidia-soil mixing inoculative method, pest of oil-tea Camellia fruit

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