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green apple aphid, Aphis pomi De Geer, collected from apple trees in the Samsun .... the computer-assisted microbial identification system (MIS, MIDI Inc., USA).
005_JPP108RP_449

13-11-2008

14:46

Pagina 449

Journal of Plant Pathology (2008), 90 (3), 449-452

Edizioni ETS Pisa, 2008

449

ISOLATION OF BACILLUS MEGATERIUM FROM APHIS POMI (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AND ASSESSMENT OF ITS PATHOGENICITY H.M. Aksoy and S.K. Ozman-Sullivan Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 55139 Samsun, Turkey

SUMMARY

Bacillus megaterium isolates were recovered from the green apple aphid, Aphis pomi De Geer, collected from apple trees in the Samsun province of Turkey. The lethality of nine B. megaterium isolates was assayed on A. pomi at 28-30°C. The isolates caused between 92% and 100% mortality within one week, with no significant differences amongst them. In contrast, there was a significant difference between all isolates and the control at P