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Research Project: Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Location: Crop Bioprotection Research

Title: Pest potential for genes targeted toward plant pathogen control to interfere with natural and applied insect pathogens affecting insect pests

Author
item Dowd, Patrick
item Vega, Fernando
item WRIGHT, DAVID - Iowa State University

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/13/2021
Publication Date: 5/4/2021
Citation: Dowd, P.F., Vega, F.E., Wright, D.A. 2021. Pest potential for genes targeted toward plant pathogen control to interfere with natural and applied insect pathogens affecting insect pests [abstract]. NIFA BRAG.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Plant resistance factors are known to affect the viability of insect fungal pathogens. Different plant varieties can have different levels of plant pathogen resistance, which could potentially influence efficacy of insect pathogens. Leaves from twelve maize inbreds with different reported resistance to Fusarium and/or Aspergillus pathogens were examined for their influence on the efficacy of two different commercial strains of Beauveria bassiana against corn earworms (Helicovepa zea) and fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda). Significant differences in mortality were noted for first instars on day two of assays of both insects species fed on treated leaves. There was some association between plant tissue resistance to Fusarium graminearum and efficacy of the B. bassiana treatments.