Patogenicidad de los hongos Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.), Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & Gams y Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. sobre Thrips palmi Karny en el cultivo de la papa (Solanum tuberosum L.)
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Thrips palmi Karny attacks several crops where potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of them so diverse alternatives of Integrated Pest Management have been proved for its control. Biological control by use of biopesticides is a fundamental part of it, but it is still limited because the necessity of knowing more about their behaviour under field conditions. With the purpose of enlarging this knowledge an experiment to study the effect of handmade biopesticides prepared from entomopathogenics fungi Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.), Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & Gams and Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. was developed on potato crop, where the reduction of the pest population as well as pathogenesis and its influence on yields were measured. Biopesticides application reduced significantly T. palmi population regarding the control without treatment; biggest mortality percentage were reached by M. anisopliae (1.7 x 1013 conidia/ha and L. lecanii (1.5 x 1013 conidia/ha). Number and weight of tubers did not show significant differences in treated variants, but it was positive respect to control.
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