The Peach flatheaded rootborder Capnodis sp. is the most important insect
which attack stone-fruits in Syria, Entomopathogenic fungi Metarrhizium sp.
and Paecilomyces sp. were isolated from larvae of Capnodis tenebrionis
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
attacking peach. This study was conducted to reveal
the pathogenicity of the two fungies against the neonate larvae of Peach
flatheaded rootborder, The two fungies were used in a concentration 106
conidia/ml, dipping the larvae in fungal suspension ,then it was put in apricot
branches by approximately 1 cm diameter, and mortality rates two weeks after
inoculation with the suspension of each of the fungi was 95% for Metarrhizium
sp. and 85% for Paecilomyces sp.
