Molecular characterization of isolates of Metarhizium from locusts and grasshoppers

The relationships between 30 strains of Metarhizium were investigated by isoenzyme analysis, PCR-RAPDs, and protease production. The strains included representatives of M. anisopliae, M. flavoviride var. flavoviride and M. flavoviride var. minus. Thirteen isolates conforming to M. flavoviride from a...

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Published inBiodiversity and conservation Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 177 - 189
Main Authors Bridge, P D, Prior, C, Sagbohan, J, Lomer, C J, Carey, M, Buddie, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.02.1997
Subjects
Acrididae
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Coevolution
Conservation
Conservation biology
Evolutionary biology
Fungi
Genotypes
Insects
Isoenzymes
Metarhizium
Molecular biology
Plant pathology
Proteases
Proteinase
Pyrgomorphidae
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Summary:The relationships between 30 strains of Metarhizium were investigated by isoenzyme analysis, PCR-RAPDs, and protease production. The strains included representatives of M. anisopliae, M. flavoviride var. flavoviride and M. flavoviride var. minus. Thirteen isolates conforming to M. flavoviride from acridoid hosts and pathogenic to locusts and grasshoppers were shown to be a single, distinctive genotype with a pan-tropical distribution. In addition, the separation of M. flavoviride var. minus as a host specific taxon distinct from European isolates of M. flavoviride was also supported. The possibility of coevolution within some insect pathogenic populations is discussed.
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ISSN:0960-3115
1572-9710
DOI:10.1023/A:1018387918686