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Dominating species of entomophilous ascomycetes anamorphs in West Siberia, Primorsky krai, and Kyrgyzstan

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The paper studies mycobiota of the dead insects in West Siberia, Primorsky krai, and Kyrgyzstan. Ascomycetes anamorphs of 13 genera are revealed. In all regions Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. dominated comprising on average 68% of the total number of isolates. The fungus hosts list the insects of 7 orders and 32 families with Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hemiptera dominating. The rarely found entomopathogens include Tolypocladium inflatum Gams (primarily on Lepidoptera), Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokin (on Coleoptera). The mortality rate of the insects due to micromycetes is observed mainly on enzootic level. The study of the pathogenic properties of the dominating species (B. bassiana) show the absence of specificity of its environmental isolates for a number of representatives of Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera.

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    G. P. Polovinko, O. N. Yaroslavtseva & V. Yu. Kryukov

  2. Adyshev Osh Technological University, ul. Isanova 81, Osh, 714000, Kyrgyzstan

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Original Russian Text © G.P. Polovinko, O.N. Yaroslavtseva, Z.A. Teshebaeva, V.Yu. Kryukov, 2010, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 709–716.

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Polovinko, G.P., Yaroslavtseva, O.N., Teshebaeva, Z.A. et al. Dominating species of entomophilous ascomycetes anamorphs in West Siberia, Primorsky krai, and Kyrgyzstan. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 3, 515–521 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425510050024

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