Tolerance and Bioaccumulation of Copper by the Entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. Exposed to Various Copper-Based Fungicides

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Fatima Martins (Author) Other; Maria Elisa Soares (Author) Other; Ivo Oliveira (Author) Other; Jose Alberto Pereira (Author) Other; Maria de Lourdes Bastos (Author) FFUP; Paula Baptista (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Vol. 89

Pages: 53-60

ISSN: 0007-4861

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citations

Scopus - 2 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Basic medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-8MX

DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0628-5

Abstract (EN): This work evaluates for the first time the relationships between copper-tolerance, -solubilization and -bioaccumulation in the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana exposed to Bordeaux mixture, copper oxychloride or copper hydroxide. Bordeaux mixture was highly detrimental to fungus, by inhibiting the growth totally at the recommended dose (RD) and 2xRD. Copper hydroxide and copper oxychloride were found to be less toxic, reducing fungus growth, sporulation and conidial germination in an average of 29 %, 30 % and 58 %, respectively. These two copper forms were the easiest to solubilize, to precipitate and the most accumulated by B. bassiana, suggesting the involvement of all these processes on fungus copper-tolerance.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8