Journal of Entomological Research

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue: 4

Effect of temperature and UV radiation on the growth of entomopathogenic fungi

  • Author:
  • Shampa Sen1, Uzma Mustafa2, Gurvinder Kaur2,
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 349 to 354

1Center for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati, Guwahati - 781 039, Assam, India.

2Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, North Guwahati, Guwahati - 781 039, Assam, India.

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of temperature and time-dependent exposure of UV radiations on two isolates each of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. The two isolates of M. anisopliae viz., UM1 and AR1 were found to be resistant to these external abiotic stress factors when compared to the B.bassiana isolates in the range of experimental conditions used. As a conclusion, these stress tolerant isolates of M. anisopliae hold high affirmations for commercial market.