Abstract
Several entomopathogenic fungi produce toxins that could be used as bioinsecticides in integrated pest management programs. Paecilomyces fumosoroseus is currently used for the biological control of the whiteflies Bemisia tabaci and B. argentifolii. Supernatants from submerged batch culture, where the fungus produced abundant dispersed mycelium, conidia and blastospores, were toxic to the whitefly nymphs. The most abundant metabolite was purified by HPLC and identified by mass spectrometry and NMR as dipicolinic acid. Both the dipicolinic acid produced by the fungus and the chemically synthesized compound had insecticidal activity against third-instar nymphs of the insect. Dipicolinic acid was toxic to the whitefly nymphs in bioassays involving topical applications. In submerged culture, the specific growth rate of P. fumosoroseus was 0.054 h−1, the specific glucose consumption rate was 0.1195 g g−1 h−1 and the specific dipicolinic acid production rate was 0.00012 g g−1 h−1. Dipicolinic acid was detected after 24 h when the fungus started growing; and dipicolinic acid production was directly correlated with fungal growth. Nevertheless, the yield was low and the maximal concentration was only 0.041 g l−1. The maximal concentrations of conidia and blastospores (per milliliter) were 1.4×108 and 7×107, respectively.
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This work was supported by a grant from CONACyT (No. 38522-B) to M.T. We thank Dr. Hector Cardenas-Cota for his technical assistance during the bioassays and his helpful suggestions.
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Asaff, A., Cerda-García-Rojas, C. & de la Torre, M. Isolation of dipicolinic acid as an insecticidal toxin from Paecilomyces fumosoroseus . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 68, 542–547 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-005-1909-2
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