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The effect of different temperatures on the viability of Metarhizium flavoviride Conidia stored in vegetable and mineral oils

The effect of different temperatures on the viability of Metarhizium flavoviride Conidia stored in vegetable and mineral oils

Stathers, T. E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-6186, Moore, D. and Prior, C. (1993) The effect of different temperatures on the viability of Metarhizium flavoviride Conidia stored in vegetable and mineral oils. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 62. pp. 111-115. ISSN 0022-2011 (doi:10.1006/jipa.1993.1085)

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Abstract

The viability of freshly harvested conidia of Metarhizium flavoviride (Gams & Rozypal) stored in mineral, vegetable, or animal oils at 25°C was assessed over a period of 4 months. Viability was reduced to below 40% in all but two oils after 4 weeks storage; kerosene, soyabean (Sigma), and peanut were the only oils with a conidial viability of over 30% after 6 weeks storage. In a second experiment, storage at 5 and 15°C resulted in enhanced conidial viability of up to 71.9% with kerosene and 92.1% with soyabean after 14 weeks storage.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Metharizium flavoviride; conidia; storage; vegetable and mineral oils; temperature; biopesticide
Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food & Markets Department
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Postharvest Science and Technology Research Group
Last Modified: 06 Jun 2018 15:32
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/19994

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