Biocontrol of phytoparasitic nematodes by paecilomyces
Provided herein are methods of preventing/controlling phytoparasitic nematodes in migratory and sedentary endoparasites belonging to families Anguinidae, Aphelenchidae, Aphelenchoididae, Criconematidae, Dolichodoridae, Hemicycliophoridae, Heteroderidae, Hoplolaimidae, Iotonchidae, Neotylenchidae, Pratylenchidae, Sphaerulariidae, Tilenchidae, and Tylenchulidae: Suborder Tylenchina; Longidoridae: Suborder Dorylaimina; Trichodoridae: Suborder Diphtherophorina using Paecilomyces carneus . The compositions and processes disclosed herein are useful in the prevention and/or control and/or eradication of phytoparasitic nematodes that infect and/or infest the vast majority of cultures for animal and human consumption, while optimum conditions are created in the soil for improving crop yield, with the option of getting organic products.
1. A method of controlling and/or eradicating a pest, phytoparasitic nematode, or fungus on plants or in soil comprising contacting a pest, a nematode, or a fungus with a composition comprising Paecilomyces carneus , wherein,
said phytoparasitic nematode is selected from Anguinidae, Aphelenchidae, Aphelenchoididae, Criconematidae, Dolichodoridae, Hemicycliphoridae, Hoplolaimidae, Iotonchidae, Neotylenchidae, Pratylenchidae, Sphaerulariidae, Tylenchidae, Tylenchulidae: Suborder Tylenchina; Longidoridae: Suborder Dorylaimina; and Trichodoridae: Suborder Diphtherophorina;
said pest is selected from Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, and Coleoptera; and
said fungus is selected from Botrytis fabae, B. cinerea, Uromyces spp., Puccinia spp., Tranzschelia spp., Rhizoctonia spp., and Fusarium spp.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said phytoparasitic nematode is selected from Aphelenchus spp., Aphelencoides spp., Pratylenchus spp., Radopholus spp., Helicotylenchus spp., Criconema spp., Tylenchulus spp., Nacobbus spp., Rotylenchus spp., Rotylenchulus spp., Tylenchus spp., Ditylenchus spp., Criconemoides spp., Hoplolaimus spp., Xiphinema spp., Longidorus spp., Trichodorus spp., Discocriconemella spp., Hemicycliophora spp., Paratylenchus spp., and Tylenchorhinchus spp.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said method comprises contacting a pest or fungus with the composition, and wherein said composition further comprises Lecanicillium lecanii and/or Beauveria bassiana.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plant is a coffee tree and the method comprises contacting the nematode or fungus on the coffee tree with a composition comprising Paecilomyces carneus in combination with Lecanicillium lecanii, Calcarisporium arbuscula , and Calcarisporium ovalisporum.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the phytoparasitic nematode is a gall-inducer nematode.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plant is a potato with black scurf disease caused by a fungus, and wherein the method comprises contacting the fungus with a composition comprising Paecilomyces carneus in combination with Lecanicillium lecanii, Calcarisporium arbuscula , and Calcarisporium ovalisporum.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the fungus is Rhizoctonia solani.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises one or more biological control agents selected from Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus firmus, Sphingobacterium spiritivorum, Corynobacterium paurometabolum, Arthrobotrys spp., Pasteuria penetrans, Streptomyces dicklowii, Stevia rebaudiana, Streptomyces rubrogriseus, Pochonia chlamydosporia, Monacrosporium ullum, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Verticillium chlamydosporium, Bacillus subtillis, Bacillus licheniformis, Verticillium chlamydosporium, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Pythium sp., Phytophthora nicotiana, Verticillium dahliae, Paecilomyces cicadae, Corynebacterium paurometabolum, Lecanicillium lecanii, Beauveria bassiana, Calcarisporium arbuscula, Calcarisporium ovalisporum , plant extracts used for pest control, and combinations thereof.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the Paecilomyces carneus is Paecilomyces carneus having a genetic sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.