EJPAU 2005. Sapieha-Waszkiewicz A. , Marjańska-Cichoń B. , Piwowarczyk Z. THE OCCURRENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI IN THE SOIL FROM THE PLANTATIONS OF BLACK CURRANT AND ARONIA

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Sapieha-Waszkiewicz A. , Marjańska-Cichoń B. , Piwowarczyk Z. 2005. THE OCCURRENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI IN THE SOIL FROM THE PLANTATIONS OF BLACK CURRANT AND ARONIA, EJPAU 8(1), #22.
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THE OCCURRENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI IN THE SOIL FROM THE PLANTATIONS OF BLACK CURRANT AND ARONIA

Anna Sapieha-Waszkiewicz¹, Barbara Marjańska-Cichoń², Zdzisław Piwowarczyk¹
¹ Departmnet of Plant Protection, Podlasie University in Siedlce
² Laboratory of Pomology, Podlasie University in Siedlce

ABSTRACT

Using the method of bait insects, the studies established the species composition and the intensity of occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in the soils from two black currant plantations: one very well-maintained and the other that had not been cultivated for a number of years, as well as in the soil under aronia cultivation. The following entomopathogenic fungi were isolated from the dead larvae of Galleria mellonella L.: Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill., Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown et Smith. Additionally, the occurrence of the species Metarhizium flavoviride Gams et Rozsypal was observed. The most larvae with symptoms of mycoses were isolated from the soil from the plantation of unprotected currant (72.5%), while the least from the soil from the protected plantation, where the symptoms of mycoses were shown by 32.5% of bait larvae. The larvae were most frequently infected by fungus B. bassiana, which dominated in the soil under the unprotected currant, and by M. anisopliae in the plough soil. The summer period was conducive to infection by B. bassiana, while autumn was favourable for P. fumosoroseus.

Key words: entomopathogenic fungi, protected and unprotected black currant, protected aronia, plough soil.

Anna Sapieha-Waszkiewicz
Departmnet of Plant Protection,
Podlasie University in Siedlce
14 B. Prusa Street, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
tel. (+48 25) 643 13 02
email: sapieha@ap.siedlce.pl

Barbara Marjańska-Cichoń
Laboratory of Pomology,
Podlasie University in Siedlce
14 B. Prusa Street, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
tel. (+48 25) 643 13 62

Zdzisław Piwowarczyk
Departmnet of Plant Protection,
Podlasie University in Siedlce
14 B. Prusa Street, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
tel. (+48 25) 643 13 02

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