Survival and mutant production induced by mutagenic agents in Metarhizium anisopliae

Autor: V. Kava Cordeiro, E.A. Luna Alves Lima, João Lúcio de Azevedo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1995
Předmět:
Zdroj: Scientia Agricola v.52 n.3 1995
Scientia Agrícola
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
Popis: A wild strain of Metarhizium anisopliae, an entomopathogenic fungus, was submitted to three mutagenic agents: gamma radiation, ultraviolet light and nitrous acid. Survival curves were obtained and mutants were selected using different mutagenic doses which gave 1 to 5% survival. Morphological and auxotrophic mutants were isolated. Morphological mutants were grouped in a class with yellow conidia and other with pale vinaceous conidia as opposed to the green wild type conidia. Auxotrophic mutants had requirements for vitamin and aminoacid biosynthesis. More than 58% of the total auxotrophk mutants required proline/aipnine. Gamma radiation showed to be the most efficient mutagenic agent giving 0.2% of auxotrophk mutants followed by ultraviolet light (0.12%) and nitrous acid (0.06%).The conidial colour and auxotrophk mutants isolated until now from M. anisopliae were reviewed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE