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ArticlePloS one2021

Characterisation of Metarhizium majus (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolated from the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Letodi L Mathulwe, Karin Jacobs, Antoinette P Malan, Klaus Birkhofer, Matthew F Addison, Pia Addison

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Letodi L MathulweFaculty of AgriSciences, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Karin JacobsFaculty of Science, Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3972-5343
Antoinette P MalanFaculty of AgriSciences, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9257-0312
Klaus BirkhoferDepartment of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany.
Matthew F AddisonFaculty of AgriSciences, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Pia AddisonFaculty of AgriSciences, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are important soil-dwelling entomopathogens, which can be used as biological control agents against pest insects. EPF are capable of causing lethal epizootics in pest insect populations in agroecosystems. During a survey of the orchard soil at an organic farm, different EPF species were collected and identified to species level, using both morphological and molecular techniques. The EPF were trapped from soil samples taken from an apricot orchard. The traps, which were baited in the laboratory, used susceptible host insects, including the last-instar larvae of Galleria mellonella (wax moth larvae) and Tenebrio molitor (mealworm larvae). The potential pathogenicity of the local Metarhizium majus isolate was tested and verified using susceptible laboratory-reared last-instar T. molitor larvae. The identification of the M. majus isolated from South African soil was verified using both morphological and molecular techniques. The occurrence of M. majus in the South African soil environment had not previously been reported.

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AnimalsBeauveriaBiological Control AgentsInsectaLarvaMetarhiziumPest Control, BiologicalSoilSoil MicrobiologySouth AfricaBiological Control AgentsSoil

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