Many turfgrass pests, Ectinohoplia rufipes, Exomala orientalis and Popillia quadriguttata, cause serious damage to grass fields in Korea. In this study, control of turfgrass pests using entomopathogenic fungi were investigated using Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis as an alternative insect. In a preliminary experiment, some Metathizium sp. showed ca. 60% virulence after 7 days exposure to the entomopathogenic fungi. Compared to the contact-exposure, overall a spray treatment showed lower control efficacy against P. brevitarsis seulensis. Furthermore, mortality of various developmental stages of P. brevitarsis seulensis was investigated under laboratory conditions. This work suggests that when treated with fungi mortality of P. brevitarsis seulensis was closely related with developmental stage. These results provide a basic information for the control of P. brevitarsis seulensis using entomopathogenic fungi

Bean bug, Riptortus clavatus Thunberg (Heteroptera: Alydidae) causes serious damage to Leguminosae. Herein an entomopathogenic fungal virulence assay system against bean bugs was established to construct a fungal database which can be used in integrated pest management (IPM). First to obtain as many bean bugs as possible at the same stage, host plant-preference and developmental synchronization of bean bugs were investigated. In the preference assay, five pairs of adults were infested in a plastic cage, where a pot of green bean, pea or cowpea was previously placed. The highest fecundity and the fastest development of bean bug was observed in the green bean cage. Secondly, in the synchronization experiment, eggs were collected from the cage of adults in 1, 3, 5 and 7 days after oviposition and transferred to a fresh cage with green beans. From the every 4 days of survey, similar stages of bean bugs were found in the cages with the oviposition for 1 and 3 days, rather than the longer times of oviposition. A fungal bioassay against bean bugs was conducted using the bean bugs from the above insect rearing system. Ten Beauveria bassiana isolates were cultured on quarter-strength Sabouraud dextrose agar (¼SDA) for 7 days at 25°C. Ten 4th instar of nymphs were placed on a cultured plate for 1 hour and tranferred to a fresh moisturized plate with grains of green bean. ERL836 isolate treatment showed the highest virulence and fungal mycosis was observed on the bean bugs. In conclusion, these results can be useful to establish an entomopathogenic fungal database for IPM.

Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua are difficult to control using chemical insecticides because of the development of insecticide resistance. For eco-friendly beet armyworm managements, various control agents are required. Entomopathogenic fungus is one of promise control agents as an alternative to chemical control agent. We isolated entomopathogenic fungi from soil samples of suwon by insect-bait method using Galleria mellonella and conducted bioassay to larva of beet armyworm. As a result of bioassay isolate FG274, FG340, FG344 had high virulence as 100% against second instar larva of S. exigua. To identify the fungus isolates, their’s morphological characteristic was observed and ITS of 18srRNA was sequenced. ITS sequence of FT274, 340, 344 were highly matched (100%) to that of Beauveria bassiana, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Metarhizium anisopliae. To investigate the optimal concentration, three isolates were sprayed at three different concentration(1×106 ,107 and 108 conidia/㎖) in laboratory conditions. 나타내었다.