Isolation of Fungi on the House Fly, Musca domestica L.(Diptera: Muscidae), Body Surface in Karbala and Thi-qar provinces, Iraq | ||
| journal of kerbala university | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 290-294 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A study was conducted at the Department of Plant Protection-University of Karbala to isolate and identify of the fungi associated with house fly (Musca domestica L). Results showed that six fungi belonged to four genera. The Aspergillus niger fungus gave the highest presence that was reached to 39.06% and 55.55%, among the other fungi, in Karbala and Thi-qar provinces, respectively, followed by the other fungi Aspergillus flavus ، Penicillium sp، Entomophthora sp ، Mucor sp ،and Aspergillus terreus was 23.43,14.06,9.37,7.18,6.25%,respectively in the isolates obtained from Karbala province. While, the isolates obtained from Thi-qar province gave the percentages of the Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus (55.55,44.44%) respectively .The study showed that the percentage of mortality of the adults house fly reached to 82.4% when spraied with fungal filterate of Aspergillus niger and Entomophthora sp in Karbala province , and there was no different after 72 hours from the treatment , while Aspergillus niger that isolated from Thi-qar provinces caused mortality of the adults house fly 77.3% after 72 hours from the treatment. | ||
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