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Entomophaga (fungus)
''Entomophaga'' is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the Entomophthoraceae family and also the order Entomophthorales. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).Gryganskyi AP, Humber RA, Smith ME et al (2012) Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. Mol Phylogenet Evol 65:682–694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.026 Well-known species are ''Entomophaga grylli'' and ''Entomophaga maimaiga'', which can infect grasshoppers and gypsy moths respectively. The genus name of ''Entomophaga'' was derived from combining two words in the Greek, ''entomon'' means ''insect'' and ''phaga'' means ''to eat''. The genus was created in 1964 by the Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933 - 1997). He wrote “... to commemorate the international journal Entomophaga devoted to problems of biological control of insect pests.”Batko, A. 1964. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Série des sciences biologiques 12, 323-326 The journal later ceased publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azygospore
Azygospore is an asexually formed zygospore in fungi. Also known as parthenogenically formed from a gamete A gamete (; , ultimately ) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells, also referred to as sex cells. In species that produce ... without gametic fusion. Sometimes, gametangia fail to fuse. Gametangia become surrounded by a thick wall resulting in the formation of azygospore References *C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell ''et al.'', ''Introductory Mycology, 4th ed.'' (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) {{ISBN, 0-471-52229-5 Mycology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophaga Bukidnonensis
''Entomophaga'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was found to be paraphyletic; it was also found to form a monophyletic group with ''Proceromyia ''Proceromyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was originally a subgenus of '' Ceromya'', but was later raised in rank to genus by James E. O'Hara in 1989. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was confirmed to ...''. Species *'' E. exoleta'' ( Meigen, 1824) *'' E. nigrohalterata'' ( Villeneuve, 1921) *'' E. sufferta'' ( Villeneuve, 1942) *'' E. ussuriensis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 *'' E. vernalis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 References Tachininae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Paolo Lioy {{Tachininae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophaga Maimaiga
''Entomophaga maimaiga'' is a Japanese fungus which has shown striking success in managing spongy moth populations in North America. Etymology ''Maimaiga'' is the Japanese name for the spongy moth. History In 1908, shortly after classical efforts began to control spongy moth populations, North American researchers studied cadavers of Japanese spongy moths which had been killed by an entomophthoralean fungus. The fungus was released in the Boston area between 1910 and 1911. By 1912, they summarized their work, stating that extensive releases had never established this fungal pathogen, which they referred to as "gypsy fungus". In the early 1980s, another attempt was made to introduce ''Entomophaga maimaiga'' into the wild. They obtained the sample from the western coast of Honshu. The fungus was determined to belong to the genus ''Entomophaga'' in the fungal order Entomophthorales and was given the name ''maimaiga'' based on geographical distribution. In 1985 and 1986 wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophaga Limoniae
''Entomophaga'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was found to be paraphyletic; it was also found to form a monophyletic group with ''Proceromyia ''Proceromyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was originally a subgenus of '' Ceromya'', but was later raised in rank to genus by James E. O'Hara in 1989. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was confirmed to ...''. Species *'' E. exoleta'' ( Meigen, 1824) *'' E. nigrohalterata'' ( Villeneuve, 1921) *'' E. sufferta'' ( Villeneuve, 1942) *'' E. ussuriensis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 *'' E. vernalis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 References Tachininae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Paolo Lioy {{Tachininae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Fresenius
Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (25 September 1808 – 1 December 1866) was a German physician and botanist, known for his work in the field of phycology. He was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Würzburg and Giessen, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1829. Afterwards he settled in Frankfurt am Main, where he worked as a general practitioner of medicine while maintaining an active interest in botany. As a student in Heidelberg and afterwards, he studied botany with his friend George Engelmann (1809-1884), who later became a renowned German-American botanist. From 1831 Fresenius was curator of the Senckenberg herbarium and a teacher at the Senckenberg Research Institute (''Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg''). With his student Anton de Bary (1831–1888), he conducted microscopic investigations of algae and fungi. He died in Frankfurt on 1 December 1866 at the age of 58. The plant genus ''Fresenia'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophaga Grylli
''Entomophaga grylli'' is a fungal pathogen which infects and kills grasshoppers. It is the causal agent of one of the most widespread diseases affecting grasshoppers. This is sometimes known as summit disease because infected insects climb to the upper part of a plant and grip the tip of the stem as they die; this ensures widespread dispersal of the fungal spores. The fungus is a species complex with several different pathotypes, each one of which seems to be host-specific to different subfamilies of grasshoppers. The pathogen is being investigated for its possible use in biological pest control of grasshoppers. Taxonomy ''E. grylli'' is a species complex which in North America includes the pathotypes ''E. macleodii'' and ''E. calopteni'', and in Australia ''E. praxibuli''. The different pathotypes can be distinguished by the formation or lack of formation of primary conidia, the size and the number of nuclei in the conidia, their isozyme profiles, the host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomophaga Gigantea
''Entomophaga'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was found to be paraphyletic; it was also found to form a monophyletic group with ''Proceromyia ''Proceromyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was originally a subgenus of '' Ceromya'', but was later raised in rank to genus by James E. O'Hara in 1989. It was reviewed by T. Tachi and H. Shima in 2006 and was confirmed to ...''. Species *'' E. exoleta'' ( Meigen, 1824) *'' E. nigrohalterata'' ( Villeneuve, 1921) *'' E. sufferta'' ( Villeneuve, 1942) *'' E. ussuriensis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 *'' E. vernalis'' Tachi & Shima, 2006 References Tachininae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Paolo Lioy {{Tachininae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |