Consorcio de Beauveria bassiana y Metarhizium anisopliae para el control biológico de Cosmopolites sordidus fase campo.

Abstract

The effectiveness of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in the biological management of black peach (Cosmopolites sordidus) in banana crops (Musa AAB) was the objective of the present study. The effects of these mushrooms, both in their monosporic and consortium forms, on the peach population were examined in order to provide a safer and more sustainable alternative to conventional chemical methods. The infection rate, mortality rate and fungus efficiency time were the parameters examined as dependent variables. The black pike can be effectively controlled by both mushrooms, both individually and in combination, according to the findings. Although variations in treatments were not always statistically significant. The highest mortality was treatment 1; three-day mortality rates ranged from 29.73% to 45.64%. Individual treatments and the consortium of mushrooms increased mortality at 7 days, from 7.33% to 28.17%. The infection percentage between treatments at three days did not vary significantly. With consistent results over time, depending on the efficiency time, the fungus consortium had a positive impact on the reduction of the pest insect population. Treatments that use Beauveria bassiana pure have a higher commercial cost than those that use Metarhizium anisopliae therefore, being a more economical option for biological control.