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[Isolation, identification and insecticidal activity of endophyte from Achnatherum inebrians]
Xuebing Zhang1, Yingwu Shi, Xiaoxia Wang
1College of Food Science of Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China. zhangxuebing1983.student@sina.com.cn
Objective:
To study endophyte species of Achnatherum inebrians and to screen strains with insecticidal activity against cotton insect.
Methods:
We isolated endophytic from roots,stems,leaves and seeds of health A. inebrians by grinding separation method and identified by a dual approach of morphological and physiological observation and 16S rDNA gene (for bacteria) and ITS sequence (for fungi) based molecular identification. Then,those endophytes were inoculated into liquid media for fermentation and the crude extracts were used to test insecticidal activities by slide disc immersion and nebulization methods.
Results:
We isolated bacteria species classified into 8 genera of Bacillus, Streptomyces, Corynebacterium, Phyllobacterium, sphingomonnas, Paenibacillus, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter and 2 fungi of Claviceps purpure and Claviceps Chaetomium. Of them, the strain Streptomyces rochei (GA) and Claviceps purpurea (PF-2) had more than 85% of mortality to cotton aphis.
Conclusion:
Two strains of PF-2 and GA associated within the A. inebrians had significant insecticidal activity to cotton aphis (Aphis gossypii), which may provide a new biological resource to explore new microbial insecticide.
