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14 - Fungal control of subterranean pests

from V - Fungal biocontrol of pests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2013

By
H. Strasser ,
S. H. M. Hutwimmer  and
R. Zelger
Edited by
G. D. Robson ,
Pieter van West  and
Geoffrey Gadd
H. Strasser
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria
S. H. M. Hutwimmer
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria
R. Zelger
Affiliation:
The Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg I-39051 Pfatten/Auer Italy
G. D. Robson
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Pieter van West
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Geoffrey Gadd
Affiliation:
University of Dundee
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Summary

Traditional crops are under increasing threat from a number of subterranean pests that have been proven particularly difficult to control. In Europe, these include the larvae of Scarabaeidae (examples include Melolontha melolontha, Amphimallon solstitialis, A. majale, Phyllopertha horticola, Hoplia philanthus), a number of different larvae of Elateridae (for example, Agriotes lineatus, A. obscurus, Limonius spp.) and Curculionidae (Bothynoderes punctiventris, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, for example), Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Phylloxeridae), as well as the new exotic pest Diabrotica virgifera (Chrysomelidae). Such pests are difficult to control not only because of their hidden niches, but also because of the inherent difficulties of penetrating their habitat with appropriate control agents. In most of the agricultural systems affected in Europe, the application of chemical insecticides is undesirable or impossible. Currently, the use of virulent and ecologically competent strains of insect-pathogenic fungi appears to be the best approach. Fungal pathogens are endemic in pest populations, and they also fulfil the key criteria for biological control agents: effectiveness, auto-dissemination and persistence. In this article, examples of successful use of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria spp. and Metarhizium anisopliae as preventive control approaches in the subterranean pest control in European agriculture are discussed.

Introduction

Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, Curculionidae, Phylloxeridae, Chrysomelidae and other subterranean pests are of increasing importance in Europe. These pests – especially in their larval stages – cause damage of several billion euros annually to a wide range of economically important crops throughout Europe (Keller & Zimmermann, 2005).

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Exploitation of Fungi , pp. 257 - 274
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    • By H. Strasser, Institute of Microbiology University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria, S. H. M. Hutwimmer, Institute of Microbiology University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria, R. Zelger, The Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg I-39051 Pfatten/Auer Italy
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