Genetic diversity of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps takaomontana in forests and butterfly gardens in Quindío, Colombia

"In East Asian countries, Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. & Kumaz is highly valued in traditional medicine as a food ingredient and to strengthen the immune system. This fungus is an entomopathogen that infects pupae or larvae Of lepidopterans. In Colombia it has been reported in non-disturb...

Full description

Autores:
Castillo Olarte, Leidy Paola
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/61005
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/61005
Palabra clave:
Cordyceps
Genética de hongos
Hongos entomopatógenos
Hongos
Jardines de mariposas
variación genética
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Description
Summary:"In East Asian countries, Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. & Kumaz is highly valued in traditional medicine as a food ingredient and to strengthen the immune system. This fungus is an entomopathogen that infects pupae or larvae Of lepidopterans. In Colombia it has been reported in non-disturbed tropical rain forests and in butterfly gardens. The aim ofthis research was to describe the morphological and genetic diversity of C. takaomontana in natural and artificial (e.g. butterfly gardens) environments in the department Of Quindío (Colombia) using three nuclear genes (ITS, TEF and RPBI) and morphological traits such as conidia size and synnemata length". -- Tomado del resumen.