Claim · model-written summary
Two isolates from tomato leafminer larvae matched Aspergillus oryzae at 100% similarity.
- Taxon
- tomato leafminer
Liriomyza bryoniaet0
- Interactor
- Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus oryzaee0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- similarity with Aspergillus oryzaee0
- Value
- 100%e0
Verbatim
e0“The two isolates (A-Tz1 and A-Tz2) showed 100% similarity with Aspergillus oryzae”
t0“tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta”
Title
First record of an entomopathogenic fungus of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) in Tanzania
Never Zekeya; Madundo Mtambo; Srinivasan Ramasamy; et al. Biocontrol Science and Technology 2019. doi:10.1080/09583157.2019.1573972
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect The isolates caused up to 70% larval mortality after three days.
- Intervention effect The isolates inhibited pupation by 84.5%.
- Intervention effect The isolates inhibited adult emergence by 74.4%.
- Intervention effect Aspergillus oryzae reduced adult Tuta absoluta lifespan to five days versus 25 days in controls.