Beauveria bassiana (balsamo) vuillemin as an endophyte in tissue 3 culture banana (Musa spp.)

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere University
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJuliet Akello: 0000-0003-4780-4850
cg.creator.identifierDaniel Coyne: 0000-0002-2030-6328
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2007.02.004
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0022-2011
cg.issue1
cg.journalJournal of Invertebrate Pathology
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaBANANA
cg.subject.iitaPESTS OF PLANTS
cg.subject.iitaTISSUE CULTURE
cg.volume96
dc.contributor.authorAkello, J.
dc.contributor.authorDubois, T.
dc.contributor.authorGold, Cliford S.
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, Danny L.
dc.contributor.authorNakavuma, J.
dc.contributor.authorPaparu, P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T15:01:50Zen
dc.date.available2018-05-16T15:01:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92580
dc.titleBeauveria bassiana (balsamo) vuillemin as an endophyte in tissue 3 culture banana (Musa spp.)en
dcterms.abstractBeauveria bassiana is considered a virulent pathogen against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. However, current field application techniques for effective control against this pest remain a limitation and an alternative method for effective field application needs to be investigated. Three screenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the ability of B. bassiana to form an endophytic relationship with tissue culture banana (Musa spp.) plants and to evaluate the plants for possible harmful effects resulting from this relationship. Three Ugandan strains of B. bassiana (G41, S204 and WA) were applied by dipping the roots and rhizome in a conidial suspension, by injecting a conidial suspension into the plant rhizome and by growing the plants in sterile soil mixed with B. bassiana-colonized rice substrate. Four weeks after inoculation, plant growth parameters were determined and plant tissue colonization assessed through re-isolation of B. bassiana. All B. bassiana strains were able to colonize banana plant roots, rhizomes and pseudostem bases. Dipping plants in a conidial suspension achieved the highest colonization with no negative effect on plant growth or survival. Beauveria bassiana strain G41 was the best colonizer (up to 68%, 79% and 41% in roots, rhizome and pseudostem base, respectively) when plants were dipped. This study demonstrated that, depending on strain and inoculation method, B. bassiana can form an endophytic relationship with tissue culture banana plants, causing no harmful effects and might provide an alternative method for biological control of C. sordidus.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAkello, J., Dubois, T., Gold, C.S., Coyne, D., Nakavuma, J. & Paparu, P. (2007). Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin as an endophyte in tissue culture banana (Musa spp.). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 96(1), 34-42.en
dcterms.extent34-42
dcterms.issued2007-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectbeauveria bassianaen
dcterms.subjectcosmopolites sordidusen
dcterms.subjectendophyteen
dcterms.subjectmusaen
dcterms.subjecttissue cultureen
dcterms.subjectpestsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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