Investigation of Entomopathogenic Fungi from Insects at University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus

Ferial Pestano, Subramanian Gomathinayagam, Elford Liverpool and Abdullah Ansari
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Subramanian Gomathinayagam: University of Guyana Berbice Campus, Berbice, Guyana
Abdullah Ansari: Department of Biology, University of Guyana, Guyana

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2017, vol. 5, issue 2, 30-34

Abstract: An investigation to find out if entomopathogenic fungi are found on insects at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus, Guyana, was carried out. A total of 42 insects were collected from the Campus. These forty two insects belonged to 8 different orders. They are Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Blattaria, Coleoptera and Odonata. Among these, Order Hymenoptera was found to be the most diverse. However, from these eight orders 11 different fungal species were obtained. They are Cladosporium, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillum, Curvularia, Rhizopus, Pyricularia, Phytophthora, Mucor, Bipolaris, and Alternaria. None of these fungal species were entomopathogenic. Among them two (2) were opportunistic fungi and the other 9 was classified as other fungi. Aspergillus flavus was the most dominant fungal isolate obtained with an isolation rate of 29.5%. Mucor, Alternaria. Bipolarisand Pyricularia was found to be the least.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.05.555656

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