Table 11.3
The insect pests of vegetable and greenhouse crops which used for research on fungal entomopathogens in Iran
Order
Family
Species
Cultivation
Susceptibility
stage to EPF
EPN species (isolate) recommended References
Hemiptera
(Sternorrhyncha)
Aleyrodidae
Trialeurodes
vaporariorum
Beans
Second instar
nymph
Verticillium lecanii
Mirabzadeh et al.
(2000a)
Trialeurodes
vaporariorum
–
Third instars
nymph
Akanthomyces muscarius
(DAOM198499)
Tabadkani et al.
(2010)
Trialeurodes
vaporariorum
–
Third and fourth
instars nymph
Akanthomyces muscarius
Malekan et al. (2015)
Bemisia tabasi
Eggplant
Second instar
nymph
Akanthomyces muscarius
(DAOM198499), Beauveria
bassiana
(DEBI001)
Kuhestani et al.
(2010)
Hemiptera
(Sternorrhyncha)
Aphididae
Brevicoryne
brassicae
Beans
Third instar
nymph
Verticillium lecanii
Mirabzadeh et al.
(2000a)
Brevicoryne
brassicae
Brassicaceae
family
–
Beauveria bassiana, Verticillium
lecanii, Metarhizium anisopliae
Derakhshan
Shadmehri (2008)
Myzus persicae
Rape seed
Adult
Akanthomyces muscarius
Mossavi et al. (2010)
Myzus persicae
–
Third instar
nymph
Beauveria bassiana
(EUT116)
Emami et al. (2013)
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