Review on Biological Management of Bactrocera zonata through Pathogenic Activity of Beauveria bassiana
Sanaullah *
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Hafiz Muhammad Sajid Ali
Faculty of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Syed Husnain Kumail Naqvi
Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Zia Ullah
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Farhan Ali
University of Molise, Italy.
Sana Sarfaraz
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sarmad Fawaz
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Umer Sharif
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Haider Ali
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Muhammad Salman Shafi
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Aiman Khalid
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
Iqra Mushtaq
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Bactrocera zonata is the destructive pest of peach, mango and banana by causing Significant economic losses
It reduces fruit quality, which directly causes decline in export of these economical fruits. Many management strategies were carried to suppress the population of this invasive pest. The use of chemical insecticides in the orchard for control of B. zonata is restricted because insecticides causes several complication in fruit health and makes fruits unfit for human consumption.
The EPF (Beauveria bassiana) act as potent biocontrol agent. B. bassiana enriched with three cuticle degrading enzymes including protease, lipases and chitinase. These enzymes have ability to hydrolyze and degrade the epicuticle and break the antifungal proteins linkage present in that cuticle for facilitating the spore’s penetration. The current study emphasizes the activity of cuticle degrading enzymes (CDE) of Beauveria bassiana (protease, chitinase, lipases) for the management of B. zonata.
Keywords: B. bassiana, B. zonata, biological control, CDE, management