Fungi associated with insect plague corpses in the state of Querétaro, Mexico

Authors

  • Joel Acis Mosqueda Anatya Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.
  • Fidel Landeros Jaime Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.
  • Salvador Ramírez Baltazar Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.
  • Miguel Ángel Santiago Basilio Comité Estatal de Sanidad Vegetal de Querétaro, Autopista México-Querétaro Km 186.8, Calamanda de Juárez, El Marqués, Querétaro, C.P. 76247.
  • Santiago Vergara Pineda Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.
  • José Antonio Cervantes Chávez Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.
  • Edgardo Ulises Esquivel Naranjo Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada Campus Aeropuerto, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, Ejido Bolaños S/N, Campus Aeropuerto, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76140.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2018.47.1190

Keywords:

control biológico, micobiota, secuencia de ADN, taxonomía

Abstract

Background: Studies upon mycobiota associated to pest has been commonly focused only on entomopathogenic species with the aim to use them as biocontrol agents, without considering others fungal species probably related to crop diseases.
Objectives: Analyze the mycobiota associated to pest insect corpses from maize in the Queretaro State to address the impact they have in agriculture.
Methods: The identification of fungal isolated was carried out by classic taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis using sequences of ADNr ITS1, 5.8S, and ITS2.
Results and conclusions: Eighteen fungal strains were isolated from insect cadavers, which are catalogued as economic importance pest in the Queretaro State. The fungi belong to the genera Fusarium, Beauveria, and Purpureocillium, isolated from Melanoplus sp., Toxoptera citricida and Spodoptera frugiperda larvae as hosts respectively. The Fusarium species showed high prevalence in our samples,
followed by B. bassiana and P. lilacinum, suggesting that they could be acting as natural biocontrol agents against pest, possibly pest insects could be acting as vectors transporting some species of phytopathogenic fungi among the crops.

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2018-05-25

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Mosqueda Anatya, J. A., Landeros Jaime, F., Ramírez Baltazar, S., Santiago Basilio, M. Ángel, Vergara Pineda, S., Cervantes Chávez, J. A., & Esquivel Naranjo, E. U. (2018). Fungi associated with insect plague corpses in the state of Querétaro, Mexico. Scientia Fungorum, 47, 25–35. https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2018.47.1190

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Vol. 47 (2018)

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