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Change in the temperature preferences of Beauveria bassiana sensu lato isolates in the latitude gradient of Siberia and Kazakhstan

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The radial growth of twenty isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana sensu lato from different natural zones of Western Siberia and Kazakhstan (from 65 to 43°N) was tested under different temperatures (5–35°C). It was shown that the thermotolerance of the fungal isolates increased significantly from the north to south. The cold activity of the cultures did not significantly correlate with the latitude of origin and the sum positive temperatures of the regions. A distinct group of the steppe thermotolerance isolates was shown by the analysis of genomic polymorphism using seven intermicrosatellite DNA markers (ISSR). The steppe isolates had high levels of virulence to the wax moth Galleria mellonella and the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata at high temperatures (>30°C) compared to that of the forest-steppe isolates. The obtained data indicate that the use of isolates from the steppe zone will be most promising for the insect pest control under the conditions of continental and arid climate.

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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Kryukov, O.N. Yaroslavtseva, E.A. Elisaphenko, P.V. Mitkovets, G.R. Lednev, B.A. Duisembekov, S.M. Zakian, V.V. Glupov, 2012, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2012, Vol. 81, No. 4, pp. 493–499.

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Kryukov, V.Y., Yaroslavtseva, O.N., Elisaphenko, E.A. et al. Change in the temperature preferences of Beauveria bassiana sensu lato isolates in the latitude gradient of Siberia and Kazakhstan. Microbiology 81, 453–459 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626171204011X

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