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Article: Researchers at University of Cordoba target environmental entomology.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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According to recent research from Cordoba, Spain, "The poppy stein gall wasp, Iraella luteipes (Thompson) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), is one of the main pests of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum L., an economically important pharmaceutical crop cultivated worldwide. In a previous study, we obtained from L luteipes larvae a strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) that can become established endophytically in opium poppy plants."
"A field experiment was Conducted to study the ability of this B. bassiana strain to provide systemic protection against damage by L luteipes in opium poppy in southern Spain for three seasons. ...