title: Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040 (Naturalis®), a valuable tool for the control of the cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cerasi)
creator: Ladurner, E.
creator: Benuzzi, M.
creator: Fiorentini, F.
creator: Franceschini, S.
subject: Crop health, quality, protection
subject: Fruit and berries
description: Naturalis® is a bioinsecticide based on living conidiospores of the naturally occuring  Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040. The entomopathogenic fungus acts primarily by  contact: once attached to the insect’s cuticle, the conidiospores germinate producing  penetration hyphae, which enter and proliferate inside the insect’s body. The fungus  invades and feeds on its host, causing its death due to dehydration and/or depletion of  nutrients. Several years of laboratory, semi-field and field studies showed that also Tephritid  flies (Ceratitis capitata, Rhagoletis cerasi, Bactrocera oleae) are susceptible to infection by  B. bassiana strain ATCC 74040. The results of efficacy trials conducted in 2004-05 are  reported. Naturalis was tested both alone and in an integrated pest management strategy.  The product showed high efficacy in controlling R. cerasi, comparable to or higher than  that of the chemical reference treatment. The B. bassiana-based product Naturalis can thus  be considered an efficient tool for the control of the cherry fruit fly.
contributor: Boos, Markus
date: 2008
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/13651/1/093-097.pdf
identifier: Ladurner, E.; Benuzzi, M.; Fiorentini, F. and Franceschini, S. (2008) Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040 (Naturalis®), a valuable tool for the control of the cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cerasi). Ecofruit - 13th International Conference on Cultivation Technique and Phytopathological Problems in Organic Fruit-Growing, Weinsberg/Germany, Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Obstbau e.V. (FÖKO), Traubenplatz 5, D-74189 Weinsberg, 18th to 20th February 2008. In: Boos, Markus (Ed.) Ecofruit - 13th International Conference on Cultivation Technique and Phytopathological Problems in Organic Fruit-Growing: Proceedings to the Conference from 18thFebruary to 20th February 2008 at Weinsberg/Germany, pp. 93-97.
relation: http://orgprints.org/13651/