SURVEY of ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI NATURALLY INFECTING COWPEA APHID, Aphis craccivora. KOCH.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant protection Resesarch Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Cairo.

2 Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University.

3 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University.

Abstract

          Entomopathogenic funginaturally associated with cowpea aphid,Aphis. craccivora were surveyed and identified. There were 18 fungal species infected cowpea aphid,  on broad bean in winter and on cowpea in late spring and summer from December (2008) to December (2009). Five genera of entomopathogenic fungi were recorded for the first time associated with A. craccivora  in Egypt. These genera were:  Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Panadora neoaphidis, Batkoa major, Entomophthora planchoniana, and Coidiobolus obscurus.