Hernández-Hernández, S., Muñiz-Paredes, F., Peña-Chora, G., & Hernández-Velázquez, V.M. 2024 The Fungus Phlebiopsis flavidoalba’s Pathogenicity and Virulence Toward the Fluted Scale (Praelongorthezia acapulcoa) Pest of Rice and Sugarcane Crops. Microbiology Research https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres15040162

Keywords:

  • biological control
  • diagnosis
  • economic importance
  • entomopathogenic fungi
  • honeydew

    • Notes: In this work, cadavers of P. acapulcoa with white mycelia were collected from sugarcane crops. The isolated fungus was morphologically and molecularly identified and evaluated in terms of its pathogenicity and virulence toward Praelongorthezia acapulcoa under laboratory conditions. This constitutes the first report of P. flavidoalba as a fungal entomopathogen and its use as a potential biological control agent of P. acapulcoa.

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