Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.

<p>Entomopathogenic fungi are often used as an alternative method for insect pest control. However, few studies mention the action of these fungi on bees and selectivity to beneficial organisms in agroecosystems. The objective of the present study was to assess the susceptibility of <em>...

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Autores principales:	Pamela de Jesus Conceição, Cynthia Maria de Lyra Neves, Geni da Silva Sodré, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho, Adriane Vieira Souza, Generosa Sousa Ribeiro, Rozimar de Campos Pereira
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	Uruçu bees, entomopathogenic fungi, biological control Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6c95accad6284b34ac142337e0eb0c192021-12-02T12:42:38ZSusceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.184-188https://doaj.org/article/6c95accad6284b34ac142337e0eb0c192014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/230https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p>Entomopathogenic fungi are often used as an alternative method for insect pest control. However, few studies mention the action of these fungi on bees and selectivity to beneficial organisms in agroecosystems. The objective of the present study was to assess the susceptibility of <em>Melipona scutellaris</em> bees to the isolate of the entomopathogenic fungus <em>Beauveria bassiana</em>. The experiment was carried out by applying fungus suspension on the back and by contact on recently emerged bees. A complete randomized design was used with five treatments (four concentrations: 1 x 10<sup>5</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>6</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>7</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>8 </sup>conidia/ml and a control of distilled water) with five replications. The mortality data were subjected to variance analysis, regression Probit analysis Statistic software, obtaining the estimate of the lethal dose to 50% of the population (LD<sub>50</sub>). The curves adjustment to model was evaluated by Pearson test chi-squared test and differences between the curves evaluated by test of parallelism. The <em>B. bassiana</em> was virulent uruçu bees (<em>M. scutellaris</em>) causing mortality at lower dose. Based on these results, it can make recommendations to minimize the impact, contributing to maintenance of naturalpopulations of these insects.</p>Pamela de Jesus ConceiçãoCynthia Maria de Lyra NevesGeni da Silva SodréCarlos Alfredo Lopes de CarvalhoAdriane Vieira SouzaGenerosa Sousa RibeiroRozimar de Campos PereiraUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticleUruçu bees, entomopathogenic fungi, biological controlZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 184-188 (2014)
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topic	Uruçu bees, entomopathogenic fungi, biological control Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	Uruçu bees, entomopathogenic fungi, biological control Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Pamela de Jesus Conceição Cynthia Maria de Lyra Neves Geni da Silva Sodré Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho Adriane Vieira Souza Generosa Sousa Ribeiro Rozimar de Campos Pereira Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
description	<p>Entomopathogenic fungi are often used as an alternative method for insect pest control. However, few studies mention the action of these fungi on bees and selectivity to beneficial organisms in agroecosystems. The objective of the present study was to assess the susceptibility of <em>Melipona scutellaris</em> bees to the isolate of the entomopathogenic fungus <em>Beauveria bassiana</em>. The experiment was carried out by applying fungus suspension on the back and by contact on recently emerged bees. A complete randomized design was used with five treatments (four concentrations: 1 x 10<sup>5</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>6</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>7</sup>, 1 x 10<sup>8 </sup>conidia/ml and a control of distilled water) with five replications. The mortality data were subjected to variance analysis, regression Probit analysis Statistic software, obtaining the estimate of the lethal dose to 50% of the population (LD<sub>50</sub>). The curves adjustment to model was evaluated by Pearson test chi-squared test and differences between the curves evaluated by test of parallelism. The <em>B. bassiana</em> was virulent uruçu bees (<em>M. scutellaris</em>) causing mortality at lower dose. Based on these results, it can make recommendations to minimize the impact, contributing to maintenance of naturalpopulations of these insects.</p>
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author	Pamela de Jesus Conceição Cynthia Maria de Lyra Neves Geni da Silva Sodré Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho Adriane Vieira Souza Generosa Sousa Ribeiro Rozimar de Campos Pereira
author_facet	Pamela de Jesus Conceição Cynthia Maria de Lyra Neves Geni da Silva Sodré Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho Adriane Vieira Souza Generosa Sousa Ribeiro Rozimar de Campos Pereira
author_sort	Pamela de Jesus Conceição
title	Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
title_short	Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
title_full	Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
title_fullStr	Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
title_full_unstemmed	Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.
title_sort	susceptibility of melipona scutellaris latreille, 1811 (hymenoptera: apidae) worker bees to beauveria bassiana (bals.) vuill.
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/6c95accad6284b34ac142337e0eb0c19
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Susceptibility of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker bees to Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill.

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