TOLYPOCLADIUM-CYLINDROSPORUM GAMS (DEUTEROMYCETES, MONILIACEAE) AS A BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT AGAINST THE WINDOW MIDGE SYLVICOLA-CINCTUS FABR (DIPTERA, ANISOPODIDAE)

Authors
EKBOM B
Citation
B. Ekbom, TOLYPOCLADIUM-CYLINDROSPORUM GAMS (DEUTEROMYCETES, MONILIACEAE) AS A BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT AGAINST THE WINDOW MIDGE SYLVICOLA-CINCTUS FABR (DIPTERA, ANISOPODIDAE), Biocontrol science and technology, 3(3), 1993, pp. 309-313
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biocontrol science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09583157
Volume
3
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
309 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-3157(1993)3:3<309:TG(MAA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Larvae of Sylvicola cinctus Fabr. were found killed by an entomopathog enic fungus, Tolypocladium cylindrosporum Gams, in Vetlanda, Sweden. T his is the first report of this fungus as an insect pathogen from Swed en. The fungus was cultured and sprayed on aspen log piles in an attem pt to reduce population levels. In September 1992, when maximum abunda nce is expected, the area treated with T. cylindrosporum had significa ntly fewer midges than an untreated area. Possibilities for biological control are discussed.