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Biocontrol Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi against Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Biocontrol Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi against Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Sultan Çobanoğlu1, Waheed Anwar2*, Muhammad Asim Javed2 and Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan3

1Plant Protection Department, Agricultural Faculty, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 
2Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
3Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
 
*      Corresponding author: waheedanwar.dpp@pu.edu.pk

Fig. 1.

Corrected mortality percentage of four EPF at concentration 4×108 conidia/ml (A); conc. 4×104 conidia/ml (B) against adult female T. urticae (green strain).

Fig. 2.

Percentage mortality of four entomopathogenic fungi at a concentration of 4×108 conidia/ml (A) concentration 4×104 conidia/ml (B) against adult female T. urticae (red strain).

Fig. 3.

Healthy red (A) and green (B) strains of T. urticae; C represent infection by T. longibrachiatum; D shows M. anisopliae infection while E and F indicate B. bassiana and V. lecanii infection respectively against the green strain of T. urticae; G represents infection by T. longibrachiatum, H shows infection with M. anisopliae, while I and J indicate B. bassiana and V. lecanii infection respectively against the red strain of T. urticae.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

October

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 5, pp. 2001-2500

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