| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4524549 | Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology | 2014 | 5 Pages |
•We evaluated insecticidal and antifungal activities of EPN bacteria in the laboratory.•Strain SY5 exhibited highest activities to O. furnacalis, B. maydis and C. lunata.•Strain SY5 showed adversity resistance to temperature and ultraviolet.
The application of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and their symbiotic bacteria as biological control approaches depend on their lethal parasites to pest and antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi. We have collected 23 symbiotic bacterial strains from 23 EPN isolates gathered from different regions of China. In the present study, the insecticidal and antifungal activities of all these bacterial isolates were evaluated in the laboratory. Bioassay results showed that the broth and crude extract of all these 23 EPN symbiotic bacteria strains have, to a certain extent, oral insecticidal activity and/or growth inhibition to the larvae of Ostrinia furnacalis and antifungal activity against Bipolaris maydis and Curvularia lunata. Among these strains, SY5 exhibited highest insecticidal and antifungal activities to O. furnacalis, B. maydis and C. lunata. The adversity resistance of strain SY5 showed that the antifungal activity of the broth was more stable than the insecticidal activity, and the stability of antifungal activity to B. maydis and C. lunata was different.
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