Field trials against Hoplia philanthus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with a combination of an entomopathogenic nematode and the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae CLO 53

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• 作者：M.A. Ansari ; F.A. Shah ; L. Tirry ; M. Moens
• 关键词：Chlorpyrifos ; Combined applications ; Hoplia philanthus ; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora ; Metarhizium anisopliae ; Scarab beetles ; Synergism
• 刊名：Biological Control
• 出版年：2006
• 期刊代码：110_10499644
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：December 2006
• 卷：39
• 期：3
• 页码：453-459
• 文件大小：186 K

摘要

The white grub, Hoplia philanthus Füessly (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is a major pest of turf and ornamental plants in Belgium. Previously, the combination of lethal concentration of the entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis megidis or Steinernema glaseri with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (strain CLO 53) caused additive or synergistic mortality to third-instar H. philanthus in the laboratory and greenhouse. In this present study, we examined this interaction under field conditions and compared a combination of a commercial formulation of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Nema-green^®) and M. anisopliae. Controls were M. anisopliae, chlorpyrifos (Dursban 5 Granules) and H. bacteriophora. Field applications (surface or subsurface) were made against a mixed population of second/third-instar H. philanthus at a sport field and lawn infested in the province of West-Flanders. In both trials, the combination of M. anisopliae with H. bacteriophora at 5 × 10¹² conidia/ha +2.5 × 10⁹ infective juveniles/ha resulted in additive or synergistic effects, causing more than 95%grub mortality when the nematodes was applied 4 weeks after the application of fungus. However, application of nematode, chlorpyrifos or fungus alone provided 39–66%, 42–60%(surface) and 33–76%, 82–100%or 37–65%, (subsurface) control of H. philanthus. We concluded that the pathogen combinations we tested are compatible elements of integrated pest management and are likely to improve control of H. philanthus larvae and perhaps other insect pests beyond what is expected from single application of the pathogen.