UNASSIGNED: Three entomopathogenic @entity364 , Isaria farinosa (Holmsk.) Fr., Lecanicillium attenuatum (Zare _ W. Games) and Beauveria pseudobassiana (Bals.) Vuill. were isolated in Spain from naturally infected Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), the European vector of @entity66 ( @entity66 ). This is the first time that these entomopathogenic fungi have been isolated from @entity20984 beetles. Assays showed the B. pseudobassiana EABps 11/01-Mg strain to be highly virulent against the pine sawyer. Horizontal and vertical transmission were assessed for both aqueous (1*10(8)conidia/ml) and dry (4.25*10(9)conidia/g) conidial formulations. Evidence of horizontal or vertical transmission was not found when insects were inoculated with the aqueous conidial suspension. However, when dry conidia were applied, 100% of the horizontally-infected insects died and their average survival times (AST) were significantly reduced (from 21.10 and 25.00days in controls to 10.40 and 10.00days in infected males and females, respectively). Compared to control females, numbers of egg-laying wounds, eggs laid, live larvae after 5days and larvae entering the xylem after 6months were significantly reduced in both inoculated females and clean females that had mated with inoculated males, pointing to horizontally-induced reduction of progeny. These results validate the potential of the isolated B. pseudobassiana strain as an important natural population regulator. Through auto-dissemination techniques, it could be used for the integrated control of @entity8027 vectors and constitute a new tool for @entity66 management.

Potential of native Beauveria pseudobassiana strain for biological control of XXXX vector Monochamus galloprovincialis.

@entity8027 :: ('6326', 'Species') :: ['Pine Wood Nematode'] @entity364 :: ('MESH:D009181', 'Disease') :: ['fungal strains'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['Pine Wilt Disease', 'PWD'] @entity20984 :: ('29158', 'Species') :: ['M. galloprovincialis']
@entity8027 :: (6326,Species) :: ['Pine Wood Nematode']
