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    Fusarium oxysporum and soil nutrient amendments provide short-term inhibition of Cosmopolites sordidus raising questions on biopesticide and plant nutrition potentials in tissue culture banana

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    2024-11-17
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    Ochieno, Dennis M.W.
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    Endophytic Fusarium oxysporum strain V5w2 has been suggested to offer the ecosystem service of suppressing Cosmopolites sordidus and other pests that attack tissue culture banana plants in agroecosystems. The effects of endophytic F. oxysporum V5w2 and nutrient supply on C. sordidus in potted tissue culture banana plants were investigated. In the screenhouse, rhizome damage by C. sordidus larvae was lower in F. oxysporum V5w2-inoculated plants than in non-inoculated ones. Banana plants inoculated with F. oxysporum V5w2 were larger and suffered less rhizome damage but with low chlorophyll content. Weights of C. sordidus larvae were not different between those reared on F. oxysporum V5w2-inoculated banana plants and the non-inoculated ones. Larval C. sordidus from nutrient-treated plants had lower weight than those that fed on plants that did not receive nutrients. In the field, fewer adult C. sordidus were found on F. oxysporum V5w2-inoculated banana plants than on non-inoculated plants 12 h after insect release. The number of adult C. sordidus and their eggs did not vary between F. oxysporum V5w2-inoculated banana plants and controls at the end of the experiment. Adult C. sordidus did not discriminate between nutrient-treated banana plants and those without nutrient treatment. However, non-beneficial interactions between F. oxysporum V5w2 and plant-parasitic nematodes negate the chances of its application as an endophytic biological control agent. In conclusion, while F. oxysporum V5w2 is not quite viable for application as an endophytic biological control agent for C. sordidus and other banana pests, this fungus may still have some potential to offer alternative ecosystem services through the provisioning of pest-inhibitive organic compounds.
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02475
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