Mass Production of Entomopathogens using Different Culture Media.

Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi namely: Beauveria bassiana, Metarrhizium anisopliae and Nomuraea rileyi were obtain from the Biocon Laboratory, Benguet State University for the study. Results revealed that most of the solid and liquid media evaluated in the study were able to support the growth and sporulation of the three test fungi. However, the used of whole rice was found to be the best solid substrate for mass production of B. bassiana, rice bean for M. anisopliae and N. rileyi. Rice broth, rice bean broth, and rice wash water were found to be the best liquid media for mass production of the three test fungi.