First natural occurrence of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals. Criv.) Vuill. on Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) (Curculionidae, Coleoptera) in an agroforestry system in the Brazilian Cerrado

By

De Melo E Silva-Neto, Carlos
Calaça, Francisco J Simões
Gomes De Souza, Wander
Santos, Leovigildo Aparecido Costa
Jaime De Pina, Iara
Xavier-Santos, Solange
Neves Calil, Francine

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-1-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

47--52

Subjects

Banana weevil , Biological control , Cordycipitaceae , pathogenicity

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.47

 

Abstract

The natural occurrence of the fungus Beauveria bassiana is an indicator of environmental balance. When the agroforestry system naturally presents this entomopathogenic fungus on the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, a pest insect in the banana crops, it reinforces the beneficial effects of this agroecosystem. Thus, this work reports the first natural occurrence of B. bassiana on C. sordidus for the agroforestry system and the Cerrado biome. The natural occurrence of this parasitic relationship indicates that the agroforestry system may favor the fungal occurrence and spread.