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Entomopathogenicity of Simplicillium lanosoniveum Isolated in Korea

  • Lim, Sung Yeol (Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Sehee (Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kong, Hyun Gi (Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Jungkwan (Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University)
  • Received : 2014.10.15
  • Accepted : 2014.10.22
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

Fruiting bodies similar to those of the ascomycete fungi Podostroma cornu-damae and Cordyceps militaris were collected from Mt. Seunghak in Busan, Korea on August 21, 2012. The fruiting bodies were cylindrical, with tapered ends and golden red in color. The fruiting bodies contained abundant conidiophores bearing single-celled conidia, but no perithecia or asci. Pure culture of the fungal isolates was obtained through single-spore isolation. Analyses of morphological characteristics, including conidia shape, and phylogenetic traits, using internal transcribed spacer sequences, showed that these isolates belonged to the species Simplicillium lanosoniveum. Although this fungal species is known to be mycoparasitic, the isolates obtained in this study were unable to infect fungi. However, silkworms (Bombyx mori) inoculated with the fungal isolates died during the larval or pupal stages, as has been shown for the strongly entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. This study is the first report of the entomopathogenicity of S. lanosoniveum and indicates its potential for use in biological control of insects.

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