ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FUNGAL ENTOMOPATHOGEN Beauveria bassiana AS AN ENDOPHYTE IN COCOA PODS (Theobroma cacao L.) ESTABLECIMIENTO DEL HONGO ENTOMOPATÓGENO Beauveria bassiana COMO ENDÓFITO EN FRUTOS DE CACAO (Theobroma cacao L.)

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FUNGAL ENTOMOPATHOGEN Beauveria bassiana AS AN ENDOPHYTE IN COCOA PODS (Theobroma cacao L.) ESTABLECIMIENTO DEL HONGO ENTOMOPATÓGENO Beauveria bassiana COMO ENDÓFITO EN FRUTOS DE CACAO (Theobroma cacao L.)

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana was re-isolated from surface sterilized pieces of the cocoa pod outer section and peduncle, two and three months after flowers of greenhouse cocoa plants were hand-pollinated and sprayed with a 1x10(7) mL-1 suspension of B. bassiana conidia. The coloniz...

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Main Authors: Francisco J. Posada, Fabio C. Chaves, Thomas J. Gianfagna, Monica Pava-Ripoll, Prakash Hebbar
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales 2010-01-01
Series:Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica
Subjects:
Ascomycota
hypocreales
control biológico
endófitos
entomopatógenos
Theobroma cacao
biological control
endophytes
entomopathogens
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