Table 1 Incidence of fungal species isolated from the tested insects
Fungal species | Aphids (N=70) | Tomato leaf miner (N=4) | Red palm weevil (N=6) | Peach fruit fly (N=5) | Total (N=85) | % Incidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alternaria alternata | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10.6 |
A. tenuissima | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 22.4 |
Aspergillus chevalieri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
A. flavus | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14.1 |
A. niger | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 37.7 |
A. rugulosus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
A. sydowii | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8.2 |
A. terreus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
Botryotrichum atrogriseum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
Cochliobolus spicifer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
Epicoccum nigrum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
Fusarium chlamydosporum | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14.1 |
Fusarium proliferatum | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16.5 |
F. semitectum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
F. solani | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14.1 |
F. subglutinans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
F. verticillioides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
Mucor racemosus | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16.5 |
Nigrospora oryzae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
Penicillium aurantiogriseum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
P. oxalicum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16.5 |
Talaromyces pinophilum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
Toxicocladosporium irritans | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
Verticillium sp. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9.4 |
Total no. of species | 21 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 |