New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts

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The fungus, Lecanicillium muscarium, is an entomopathogen of passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis)

R. K. Marshall¹
M. T. Lester¹
T. R. Glare²
J. T. Christeller*¹

¹The Horticulture and Food Research
 Institute of New Zealand Ltd
Private Bag 11 030
Palmerston North, New Zealand
email: jchristeller@hortresearch.co.nz

²New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture
 Research Institute
P.O. Box 60
Lincoln, New Zealand

*Corresponding author

Abstract   A range of fungi were isolated from cadavers of passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) obtained in or close to kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) orchards. Several isolates of Lecanicillium muscarium (Hyphomycetes), identified by morphological characters, were obtained which proved to be highly pathogenic to passionvine hopper nymphs. Cladograms based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 5.8S rRNA genomic nucleotide sequences, with a single exception, supported the assignment of these isolates as L. muscarium, by comparison with other known isolates.

Keywords  passionvine hopper; Scolypopa australis; Lecanicillium muscarium; entomopathogen; ribosomal DNA; Verticillium lecanii; Cephalosporium aphidicola

H02035 Received 22 May 2002; accepted 27 November 2002; published 26 March 2003
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2003, Vol. 31: 1-7
0014-0671/03/3101-0001 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2003

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